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Destinations■ Living with a volcanic legacy: Klamath’s geologic past shaped the Basin’s best features. Page 7

■ The Pacific Crest Trail in Klamath’s backyard: Some of the most scenic stretches are in Klamath County. Page 15

Culture■ Kiger Stadium: Bringing generations of the Basin together. Page 22

■ Klamath County Marine Patrol: Love of the water brings volunteers onboard. Page 29

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Living with a volcanic legacy

Life in a volcanic hotspot means long lulls of inactivity punctuated with spurts of terrific violence. The peaceful peaks belie the churning, molten earth beneath, a roiling sea of magma slowly building in pressure until it explodes from the mountain top, raining fire on the ground and spewing ash into the sky.

The perks of volcanoes’ temperamental behavior reside in the wonders that such explo-sions leave behind: labyrinthine lava tubes, fields of glassy obsidian, floating rocks and the

country’s deepest lake. All are within just a few hours for residents of the Klamath Basin, where the landscape tells a story of a volcanic legacy, from the crushed cin-der that is spread on icy roads in the winter to the towering peaks that threaten to again alter their surroundings in a single eruption. “If we look at the area and the landforms, just about everything here is associated with the deposit of volcanic rocks,” said Klamath Commu-nity College earth science teacher Pier Barstow.

By ANDREW CREASEY: H&N Staff Reporter

◗ Cr ater Lake ❘ In the deep scale of geologic time, Crater Lake is relatively new. Before it dazzled visitors with its placid, blue waters, it was Mount Mazama, whose towering 12,000-foot summit had been built over 400,000 years of accumulating lava flows. But 7,700 years ago, Mount Mazama’s peak was shattered by an eruption of such staggering scale — 42 times greater than Mount St. Helens — that it scattered ash 6-inches deep over an area of 5,000 square miles. In one day, more than half a mile of the mountain was gone, replaced by a caldera 2,148 feet deep. Over time, precipitation and snow melt created Crater Lake, which, at 1,932 feet, is the deepest lake in the country and the deep-est lake in the world that is entirely above sea level. Although more than 480,000 people visit Crater Lake each year, for most of its history it was a secluded site considered sacred by the Klamath Indians, who likely wit-nessed the explosion that created it. The eruption is a part of tribal legend, which tells the tale of two chiefs, Llao of the Underworld and Skell of the World Above, mired in a battle that culminated in the destruction of Llao’s home, Mount Mazama. Among the many features that draw visitors to Crater Lake, the “Old Man in the Lake” is among the most bizarre. It is a 30-foot long tree stump that has been bobbing vertically in the lake since at least 1896. The low water temperature has slowed decomposition and allowed the tree to survive for over 100 years. Crater Lake is also the site of “a volcano in a lake in a volcano,” since Wizard Island is actually a cinder cone volcano. There is still danger rumbling beneath the calm lake waters. According to the Cascades Volcano Observatory, Crater Lake has a high, to very high threat potential, with the lake itself being the most likely site of future eruptions and earthquakes caused by the faults that converge beneath it.

Klamath’s geologic past shaped the Basin’s best features

See LEGACY, page 9

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◗ The Mazama Tr ee ❘ Keith Read knew something was amiss. He was supervising the excavation of a trench for a Waste Management land-fill when his workers stumbled across anomalous holes in the pumice. The curious cavities were 2-feet wide, 8-feet deep and ringed in charcoal. “I was heading back to the office and it dawned on me what it must be,” Read said. “So I told the guys to keep an eye out for anything unusual.” The next day, his crew told him they had found something. That something was a large tree trunk, almost perfectly preserved. It turned out to be what is now known as the Mazama Tree, one of the oldest and largest pieces of wood recovered on the West Coast. It was witness, and survivor, of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Mazama. “To think that this was a living tree before Crater Lake was established makes it a pretty fascinating object,” said Klamath County Museums manager Todd Kepple. Following the discovery, scientists and

researchers converged on Klamath Coun-ty in droves, eager to study the trunk. Radiocarbon and tree ring dating established the Mazama tree was 200 years old when Mount Mazama erupt-ed 7,700 years ago. It is believed trees surrounding the mountain were immediately buried in 10 feet of volcanic ash. Afterward, 30 more feet of volcanic material flowed over the area, searing away every part of

the trees not already buried. Over time, that material cocooned the Mazama Tree in a moist capsule of clay that pre-served it for over 70 centuries. Although the Mazama Tree presum-ably was not the only tree in the area, despite a concerted effort, Read’s team didn’t find a single other trunk. “It was just that one point in space and time,” Read said. “And we were lucky enough to be there.”

◗ Pumice ❘ Solid objects floating on water generally have miracu-lous connotations, but the rock pumice owes its buoy-ancy to the volcanoes that created it. Pumice is formed when lava rapidly cools and depres-surizes, creating a highly porous material that is more air than rock. In fact, every-thing but the thin, igneous outer layer of pumice isn’t a rock at all, but a kind of glass. Ground pumice is a com-mon ingredient in polishes, pencil erasers, cosmetic exfoli-ates and the aptly named Lava soap. It also is used in the production of stone-washed jeans. One of the largest con-centrations of pumice in the country is located in north-ern Klamath County, Barstow said. It was created by the deposit of ash from the erup-tion of Mount Mazama.

See LEGACY, page 10

H&N file photo by Andrew Mariman

The Mazama Tree, a survivor of the eruption of Mount Mazama, was unearthed in 1991. It sits in a bed of pumice, a byproduct of Mount Mazama’s eruption, in a display at the Klamath County Museum.

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◗ The Lava Beds ❘ There are more than 200 lava tubes woven under the ground at the Lava Beds National Monument. As lava from a volcanic eruption flows over land, the outer layer will slow and harden as it cools. This outer layer will insulate the lava inside, which stays at approximately 1,800 degrees. Once the eruption stops, the tubes drain of lava, leaving only the hard outer shell behind. Occasionally, the roof of a lava tube will collapse, introducing light and moisture that allows plant life unique to the area to thrive. The park has several species of fern living in these collapsed caves that are usually found hundreds of miles away on the Pacific Coast, said park biologi-cal science technician Laura Sawcett. And although the arid, high desert and tough, volcanic soils present a rug-ged environment, plants still find ways to flourish. “The plants here have to be pretty hearty to survive the lack of nutrients and water,” Sawcett said. “We have Western juniper trees that can grow in

areas that are completely covered by lava.” The cave Golden Dome has one of the more breathtaking displays of cavern life. Its ceiling is covered with dense mats of hydrophobic bacteria that shimmer with a bright-yellow sheen that lends the cave its name. The glimmering walls are the result of the bacterial growth repelling moisture, causing the formation of tiny globules of water that cling to the edges of the walls the life form inhabits. The glistening walls are a seasonal phenomenon, said cave technician Shawn Thomas. In the drier parts of the winter, the effect is diminished. Many of the caves in the park do not feature the bacteria at all.

◗ The cave dwel l er s ❘ The predominant life form in the lava tubes is not a permanent resident, and no discussion of cave life would complete without it: Thompson’s big-eared bat. The animal uses the caves for two purposes: hibernating in the winter and giving birth in the summer. During the winter, the Lava Beds has the highest population of the spe-

cies in the state of California, with some 1,200 to 1,300 bats tucked away in slumber.

In the summer, the females form what are known as maternity colonies to give birth and raise their offspring.

The caves also are home to a spe-cies of millipede that has adapted to the light-deprived, low-nutrient environment. The tiny, half-inch invertebrate has lost all pigmentation and is completely white. It has eye spots instead of eyes, which are minor indentations, a remnant of a biological feature rendered useless by the crea-ture’s total immersion in darkness. The eye spots are only able to sense light, not perceive it, and that is only so the millipede can avoid it. Since the caves seldom see an injection of nutrients, the millipede sur-vives on ingesting bat guano and the occasional plant life that birds nesting in cave entrances introduce into the environment. But, like most of the creatures and plants that have chosen the rugged, volcanic landscape of the Lava Beds as home, they get by.

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Tr avel t he byway All of these sites and more are accessible by the Volcanic Lega-cy Scenic Byway. The route runs from Crater Lake in the north to Mount Lassen, in Northern California, in the south, which erupted as recently as 1915. In between, the byway maneuvers around Lava Beds National Monument, skirts the slopes of Mount Shasta and heads to Burney Falls, where volumes of water gush over basalt rock cliffs.


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Lava Beds National Monu-ment. Crater Lake. Mount McLoughlin. These are just a few of the well-known geologic wonders here in the Klamath Basin. But there are many lesser known, often manmade, won-

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Unusual sights on area highways and byways to give travelers pause

As you’re crossing the newly paved Dairy bridge on Highway 140, a glint of sun on metal catches your eye. Wait, did I just see a UFO? You sure did. “I put it right there for a reason,” said Dave McGee, who owns the property where the flying saucer sits. “From the highway you can only see it for a few seconds; like a UFO.” McGee built the UFO from repurposed parts in September of 2003. The body of the sculpture is made from two satellite dishes. They rotate, just like flying saucers from 1950s movies. “The bottom part spins on the front hub from an old Ford Bronco,” McGee said. “The bigger one, on top, spins on a

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See SCENES, page 13

❘ Flying Saucer on Highway 140 ❘

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❘ The Woodsman ❘ A 12-foot-tall logger with two faces watches north- and southbound travelers from about 60 feet up along Highway 97, guiding them to the Woodsman Country Lodge in Crescent. “We get a lot of people off the road because of him,” said Barbara Larson, who has co-owned the lodge with her husband, Doug, for the last seven years. “We even get people coming by to take pictures.” The brightly painted wood-chopping man was erected by the original owner around 1973, Larson said. “He’s interesting because he’s got two faces, so he looks both directions up and down the road,” she said. Larson said though the man atop the sign may bring guests in, accommodations keep guests coming back. “We have a lot of repeat customers,” she said. “If we can get them in, they come back for more.” The Woodsman Country Lodge was chosen this year by AAA Inspectors as one of the top 10 mom-and-pop motels in the U.S. and Canada, according to a news release from the lodge. The Woodsman is the only motel in Oregon to receive this honor.

❘ Devil’s Gar den ❘ It sounds more frightening than it is, but if you travel along the OC&E Trail or on Bliss Road between Dairy and Sprague River, you’ll enter an area known as Devil’s Garden. This is an area of unique rock forma-tions that are estimated to cover about 204 cubic miles, according to a report compiled by Kyle Gorman with the Oregon Water Resources Department. The unique land formations were created during multiple lava flows over a period about 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There are several flows of lava that erupted from fissure vents in the north-east section of the lava fields. There are two very large spatter cones — low, steep-sided hills made of lava fragments that form along a fissure vent — called “the blowouts” that are up to 98 feet high. The interesting rock formations are due to multiple lava flows as well as ash fall from the eruption of Mount Mazama approximately 6,300 years ago. ◗

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The Woodsman with two faces,

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The Devil’s Garden lava formation, right,

features ‘blowouts’ up to 98-feet tall.

It’s 2,650 miles long, but some of the most fascinating and most scenic stretches of the Pacific Crest Trail are in the Klamath Basin’s backyard.

About 150 miles of the PCT meanders in or just a short distance away from Klamath County as the trail generally follows the crest of the Cascades from the Klamath-Jackson counties line past Brown Mountain, through the Sky Lakes Wilderness, into Crater Lake National Park — with a not-to-miss detour along the lake’s rim — then alongside Mount Thielsen and past Crescent and Odell lakes and the Diamond Peak Wilderness. Among those who have hiked the PCT’s entire 460-mile stretch in Oregon is Karl Scronce of Klam-ath Falls, who hiked segments last summer. Scronce, 52, had previously hiked sections of the PCT in Sky Lakes and Crater Lake. While those were predictably beautiful, he was surprised — and delighted — with other discoveries. “When you get around Mount Thielsen it’s scenic and beautiful,” he said, noting an unnamed saddle near Thielsen peaks out at 7,560 feet, the PCT’s high-est point in Oregon. “That was a highlight. It’s just beautiful up there. It’s open so you aren’t just walking through dense forest.” Scronce also enjoyed the section along Diamond Peak — “It’s beautiful. It’s up high. And it skirts along the mountain.” A different kind of pleasure was the stretch from Highway 140 west toward Highway 66 near Brown Mountain, where he was especially entranced by the abundant lava flows and stretches with expansive views.

Some of the most scenic stretches of the national trail are in Klamath County

By LEE JUILLERAT: H&N Regional Editor

See PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, page 17

Photo courtesy of Karl Scronce

TOP: Karl Scronce, accompanied by two canine companions, submits a backcountry hiking permit while traveling along a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon in 2011.

Map courtesy of the Pacific Crest Trail Association

The Pacific Crest Trail in Klamath’s backyard

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In the Sky Lakes Wilderness — where he followed the PCT instead of dropping onto the Skyline Trail that meanders on the east side of the Cascades past a series of beautiful lakes, areas Scronce had vis-ited on previous day hikes — one of the delights was Ranger Springs, just a short detour off the PCT near its junction with the Sevenmile Marsh Trail. Hiking with his two dogs and toting a 50-pound pack, he enjoyed the abundant water that didn’t need filtering. “What an awesome place that was to camp,” he said. Farther north, he believes the seg-ments along the Sisters Mountain, Mount Washington and Mount Jeffer-son also were incredibly scenic, although more heavily traveled. Hiking three- to five-day backpacks in July and August — “It wasn’t like I was hard core” — he found what PCT hikers quickly learn: the mosquitoes can be ferocious. “The mosquitoes were unreal,” he said, noting he met up with PCT through-hikers, hikers who attempt the entire dis-tance in one season, who had been drilled. “One woman had been bit so much her eyes were swollen shut.”

Scronce’s reports don’t surprise Ian Nelson, the PCT Association’s Medford-based regional representative. Nelson’s area of responsibility includes 300 miles in far Northern California, including the Trinity Alps and Marble Mountain wilderness areas, and about 150 miles in Southern Oregon. Nelson believes the PCT section from Brown Mountain to Ashland, which passes by Soda Mountain, is under-appreciated. He also favors hiking along the Siskiyou Crest, explaining, “It’s not the High Sierras or the volcanoes of the Cascades, but it has wonderful sustained views.” In his job, Nelson oversees seasonal trail improvement projects. During a recent Klamath Falls presentation, he recruited people to attend a summer trails skills classes and urged people to join a group of Klamath Basin residents who have adopted a 5-mile segment of the PCT at its junction with the Seven-mile Marsh Trail. For information, visit the website at www.pcta.org. Most of all, Nelson’s PCT message is simple. As he encourages, “Get out there and explore it.”

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Fun fa ct s about t he Pacif ic Cr est Tr ail❙ The Pacific Crest Trail passes through three states — Oregon, California and Washington; climbs nearly 60 major mountain passes; descends into 19 major canyons; and goes past more than 1,000 lakes and tarns. It also traverses three national monuments, seven national parks (including Crater Lake), 24 national forests (including the Fremont-Winema, Rogue-Siskiyou and Umpqua in the Klamath Basin and 33 federally mandated wilder-ness areas (including Sky Lakes and Mount Thielsen in the Klamath Basin).

❙ Fewer people have through-hiked the PCT than have climbed Mount Everest.

❙ The trail doesn’t actually end at the Canadian border but continues another nine miles into Manning Provincial Park in British Columbia.

❙ The Travel Channel in 2002 chose the Seiad Valley Cafe, in Seiad Valley along the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border, the third best location in the world to “pig out.”

❙ As a crow flies the distance between Mexico and Canada is just over 1,000 miles, but the PCT covers about 2,600 miles.

❙ The PCT passes the three deepest lakes in the nation: Crater Lake at 1,932 feet, Lake Tahoe at 1,645 and Lake Chelan at 1,149.

❙ In California, hikers and riders must often go 20 to 30 miles between water sources. The longest waterless stretch is 35.5 miles north of Tehachapi.

❙ Eric Ryback, known as the first person to hike the entire PCT, car-ried an 80-pound pack on his 1970 hike. He had only five resupply packages and carried 40 pounds of food at the start of each leg. He often ran out of food and foraged or went hungry.

Fun Facts from Pacific Crest Trail Association at www.pct.org.

Try a d ay o n t he tr ail It’s not necessary to hike the entire 2,650 miles

of the Pacific Crest Trail. Overnight and longer backpacking trips are popular, as are day hikes.

Among the day hikes suggested by George and Patricia Semb in their book, “Day Hikes on the Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon & Washington,” is one that leaves

from the Summit Trailhead on Highway 140 to Badger Lake, a 10.9-mile hike that includes 8.4 miles on the

PCT and is described as easy. From the Summit Trailhead, follow the access trail to the PCT. Go north 4.3 miles on the PCT to the Mount McLoughlin trail. Continue north 4.1 miles to

Twin Ponds Trail 3715, and follow 2.5 miles past Squaw Lake to the Badger Lake Trailhead at the Fourmile

Lake Campground.

Lear n t o t ake car e of t he tr ail See the Klamath Life events calendar on page 53 for informa-tion about upcoming workshops offered through the Pacific Crest Trail Association and Bureau of Land Management.


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Summer in the Basin — it’s just a matter of courseBy COLIN HUBER: H&N Sports Reporter

It’s tough-going for golf enthusiasts in the winter months of Klamath Falls. Frozen ground prevents tees from pen-etrating the dirt, and a golf ball is impos-sible to find in a fairway of snow. The summer months are a different

story, however, and the Klamath Basin is home to some of the prettiest and best-kept golf courses in the state. Backdrops of lakes and mountains accentuate challenging tracks and affordable prices — which makes a city surrounded by hills a perfect place to perfect that putting stroke.

Shield Crest Golf Course Public/Private

Location — East of Klamath Falls, Highway 140 Phone — 541-884-1493. Details — Par-72: four par-5s, 10 par-4s, four par-3s. Course length (yards) — Orange tees: 5,401; Green: 6,278; Blue: 6,631; Black: 7,005. Green fees — Winter: 18 holes, $25 (includes cart). Summer: Nine holes walking, $25; 18 holes walking, $35; nine holes with cart, $35; 18 holes with cart, $50. (special rates for twilight golfers)

About the course: Shield Crest, the 7,005-yard, par-72 golf course, locat-ed on the east side of Klamath Falls, is the most open of the four venues in the area. Players have the luxury of playing grip-it-or-rip-it golf, challenged by hole length at times. But the real chal-lenge at Shield Crest is battling the wind, as few trees line the scenic landscape tucked into the foot of Moyina Hill. Its physical condition, like many courses, fluctuates with course budget, water supply and weather severity. In the prime summer months, the course is green and well-kept, according to head professional Adam Stone. During those months, the maintenance staff is nearly doubled to keep the golf course as pristine as possible. “In my eyes, Shield Crest is in good condition,” Stone said. “It holds its own in the area we’re at. In its own right, I think it’s a nice golf course. Wide open, good for begin-ners, competitive.” The facilities offer a driving range, restaurant, pro shop and chipping and putting greens. Players may choose to become members with annual contracts of anywhere from $90 to $160 a

month, depending on living status. “The way we compete (with other courses) is trying to give the best product, and it’s the golf course that’s our best seller,” Stone said.

Reames Golf & Country ClubPrivate

Location — South of Klamath Falls, intersection of highways 140 and 97. Phone — 541-884-7205. Details — Par-72: four par-5s, 10 par-4s, four par-3s. Course length (yards) — Red tees: 5,269; Gold: 5,630; White: 6,340; Blue: 6,643. Green fees (must be with a member) — 18 holes, $40. About the course: Reames Golf and Country Club is a private course, visible from Highway 140 on the south side of Klamath Falls. While the 6,643-yard, par-72 venue may not pose a challenge distance-wise, it makes up for it with lightning-fast greens. Head golf professional Laine Wortman said the mid-summer goal is to have the greens running at an 11 of the stimpmeter. An 11 is comparable to what many PGA courses run. “Reames has always been known to have great greens,” Wortman said. “We try for tournament-type greens every day of the week.” Wortman said Reames is an inviting, friendly atmo-sphere for all golfers. The country club offers many amenities, which include locker rooms, dining, a lounge, pro shop, fitness room, driving range, practice green and a swimming pool in the summer months.

See GOLF COURSES, page 21

Other area courses: ◗ Round Lake Golf Course (9-hole) — East of Klamath Falls on Highway 781, 541-884-2520. ◗ Indian Camp Golf Course (9-hole) — Tulelake, indiancampgolfcourse.com, 530-667-2922. ◗ Arrowhead Golf Course (9-hole) — Alturas, 530-233-3404. ◗ Likely Links (18-hole) — Likely, Calif., likelyplace.com, 530-233-6676. ◗ Christmas Valley Golf Course (9-hole) — Christmas Valley, Ore., 541-576-2216.

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Reams cont. Reames currently offers a 12-month membership package of $130 a month (includes a $30 food minimum), which is easily one of the most affordable deals among private courses in the state. “People come here from out of town, learn of the rates and can’t believe what a great product it is,” Wortman said. Above all, the pro said, club value goes hand-in-hand with commitment. “You have to be committed to the club and use the facility,” he said. “Whether it’s $5 a month or $1,000 a month, and you’re not using it, you’re not getting value out of it. If you use the facil-ity, you’ll find that it’s a great value.”

Harbor Links Golf CoursePrivate/Public

Location — West side of Klamath Falls, bordering Klamath Lake and Jeld-Wen Phone — 541-882-0609. Details — Par-72 (men) and 71 (women): four par-5s, nine par-4s, five par-3s. Course length (yards) — Red tees: 4,744; White: 5,832; Blue: 6,132. Green fees — Nine holes, $20; 18 holes, $35. (special rates for juniors, seniors, military, students, early/twilight and playing with a member) About the course: Located on the bank of Upper Klam-ath Lake, Harbor Links Golf Course is known for its scenery. It might also be the largest challenge of the area’s four courses. All but a couple holes are lined with water hazards, which add a beautiful scenic take to the 6,132-yard, par-72 land-scape. It also poses a threat — for golf balls. “You can’t just hit it as hard as you can,” said head professional Rockey Warner. “It’s not like a driving range. It’s definitely different than other 18-hole golf courses.” With accuracy, players can score low on the short course, but miss the fairway by too much, and be challenged with penalty shots. Harbor also offers a restaurant and lounge, which includes an indoor virtual golf course for players to work on their game during the winter season. It also has a driving range and practice green.

Monthly memberships range from $63 to $146, depending on age and living status. Warner said the best part of Harbor Links is the “quality and condition,” emphasizing healthy, true-rolling putting surfaces. “We’re trying to offer a good product on the golf course and through customer service,” Warner said. “It’s a very, very walkable golf course.”

Running Y Ranch Golf CoursePublic

Location — Twenty miles west of Klamath Falls on Highway 140. Phone — 877-866-1266. Details — Par-72: four par-5s, 10 par-4s, four par-3s. Course length (yards) — Red tees: 4,847; Yellow: 5,365; White: 5,976; Green: 6,581; Arnold Palmer: 7,138. Green fees — 18 holes, $59-$99; nine holes, $35-$55 (range depends on time of year). Additional rate changes for resort guests, twilight golf and juniors. About the course: Ranked in the top 100 courses in the U.S., and in the top 15 in Oregon, there’s a reason why Running Y Ranch has the area’s highest green fees. The layout was designed by golf great Arnold Palmer, and stretches over a spectacular wooded landscape. Running Y offers a fair challenge with five different sets of tee length, and is conducive to the average golfer, as well as the most advanced players. A true resort, the golf course is a temporary home to many vacationers, as well as permanent residents, whose houses line a number of holes. The resort also includes a conve-nience store, and offers visitors birding, fly fishing and other recreational oppor-tunities outside of golf. The venue also is home to a unique putting course. The golf course website includes a quote from Palmer himself: “The Running Y Ranch Golf Course showcases the spectacular natural land-scape of Oregon’s beautiful unspoiled outback. Ambling along meadows and through restored wetlands on the front nine; you will play beside lakes, woodlands and into Payne Canyon on the back. … If you’re in the area, it’s well worth the visit.”

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On a sunny Monday afternoon in May, a few high school-aged teens practice on the diamond at Kiger Stadium.

Pigeons coo from roosts high overhead in the wooden rafters and the occasional banter from the boys lends a sense of serenity to the scene. But on game night, the buzzing crowd, smell of barbecued meats and crack of a wooden bat transform Kiger into an enter-tainment venue. Believed to be the oldest all-wood stadium west of the Mississippi, Kiger has attracted crowds for community events — stock car racing, and haunted stadiums, and certainly baseball — since its construction in the 1940s. “Even if you don’t like baseball, it’s a great atmosphere,” said Klamath Falls Gems assistant manager Daniel Heeman. “We had people last year (in the stands) who were saying ‘Hey, I haven’t seen that person in 20 years.’ ”

H&N photo by Alex Powers

Don Risch, 72, of Joe Risch Construction has

volunteered time since 1997 to paint Kiger Stadium.

By ALEX POWERSH&N Staff Reporter

Don Risch is painting the stands a deep, rich forest green. He runs a roller over the floors and seats and with each pass, the color — called Kiger Green and mixed specially for the stadium, he said — grows a little more vibrant.

A contractor with Joe Risch Construction in Klamath Falls, Risch has volunteered time with the Kiger Stadium Association for 15 years to paint the stadium.

He never played baseball at Kiger, despite growing up in the area. He didn’t even catch a Gems game last summer, he said.

But Risch, whose grandson Gar-rett Davis was this season a pitcher with the Antlers in Bonanza, “does it for the kids.” At age 72, he said, he doesn’t plan on stopping his volunteer work any time soon. He’ll give up painting Kiger “when I die,” Risch said. When asked if the stadium has any faults, or quirks known to those who work on the structure, Risch racks his mind before shrugging. “It’s been a great stadium,” he said.

See KIGER STADIUM, page 23

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Kyndra Miles remembers watching baseball at Kiger Stadium. Following the lead of her sports-fan brother and father, she said, she quickly grew to appreciate Klamath Falls’ American Legion Falcons team. As a young girl, she’d sit in the stands at Kiger and watch the action unfold. Then her family moved from the Klamath Basin when she was 8. She grew up and went to college. Never could she have imagined, she said, that she’d return to Kiger to work for a baseball team. But her experience with Kiger has come full circle. Miles handles marketing and promotions for the Klamath Falls Gems while she completes an elective internship from Northwest Christian University in Eugene. The stadium appeared gigantic to Miles when she was a child, she said. Now, part of her job is to help build the popularity of the area’s semi-pro team. “Everything seemed so huge then, and it’s been put into perspective as I’ve grown up,” Miles said.

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◗ From Tat er’s v iew — o n t he fiel d, in t he communit y ❘ Whether he’s pumping up a crowd at Kiger or taking a stroll at the Home & Garden Show, Klamath Falls’ semi-pro baseball team mascot seems to have the same effect on people. “Kids always run up to me and want photos or autographs,” said Tater. In his second season at Kiger Stadium, Tater said the fans-and-team dynamic of the stadium is still resolving itself. The team, the crowd, the mascot are all still pretty new, Tater said. But Gems management is anticipating several record-breaking attendance nights, and Tater said he’s looking forward to being part of the action. On a game night, his shift

starts around 5:30 p.m., sometimes greeting fans as they walk into Kiger. He doesn’t finish work until about four hours later. “This is a great way to give back to my community,” he said. Of course, a walking sack of French fries can expect a little harry-ing from the crowd. That’s unwritten code, Tater said. And mascots can’t talk to the crowd — that too is code, he said. So he gesticulates, dances and moves through the crowd. “If the fans are giving me a hard time, I just give them a hard time back,” he said.

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Chuck Heeman’s chief concern is entertainment. An entertained crowd sells seats, and that’s why he tells people he’s in the entertainment business. “Our job is more to entertain people than the baseball,” he said. “It’s an entertainment event that just hap-pens to be at a baseball game.” The general manager of the Klam-ath Falls Gems says his team is tasked with filling those seats in a town that hasn’t had a semi-pro team since the 1950s. They fill seats by organizing events between innings like news-paper tosses and tricycle races. They also create atmosphere by selecting good music and bringing in a caterer that became quickly loved during the team’s inaugural season. And the beer doesn’t hurt — “We have a lot of games (at Kiger), but we only serve beer at Gems games,” Hee-man said.

Daniel Heeman is beginning to familiarize himself with Kiger Stadium. The 30-year-old son of general manager Chuck Heeman, Daniel is working his first season with the Gems as an assistant manager who will handle staff and concessions. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. While with the Dodgers associa-tion, Heeman said, he grew tired of community apathy. “Here, you say anything about the Gems and people say ‘That’s awe-some. I love what you guys are doing,’” he said. “And the whole community is supportive. It’s a great feeling.”

Anyone will be able to find Don Ambers at Kiger Stadium this sum-mer. Chairman of the Kiger Stadium Association and assistant state com-missioner for Babe Ruth baseball in Oregon, Ambers spends much of his time at the diamond painting lines and mowing fields. He helps organize community events and advocates for the stadium that consumes so much of his time.

And Ambers could have been found at the stadium from 1948 to 1949, too, when he’d go to Gems games with other local youth to take in some semi-pro baseball.

“I remember going and belonging to the knothole gang,” he said.

In the 1950s, when he was gradu-ating from high school, the stadium was used for stock car racing and its baseball diamond was converted into a circle track. Then came the 1960s, when the city of Klamath Falls bought the stadium and the city’s parks divi-sion campaigned for baseball. A push for local baseball led to heightened skill in the area’s American Legion team and to the right to host the Babe Ruth 13-15 Division World Series in 1968. Eventually, the city handed management of the stadium to the Kiger Stadium Association. Ambers became chairman in 1986. To bring more people into the ballpark, the association has hosted community events ranging from weddings and funerals to concerts and a haunted stadium. “We’ve done just about any event that wants to be (held) out-side,” he said.

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◗ Saili ng ❘ The Klamath Yacht Club is a very happening place during the summer months, particularly on sunny, windy Wednesday evenings when it hosts weekly races. The club has existed since the late 1940s but its official home — a lofted Quonset hut — was built around 1950. Multi-hull and single hull boats navi-gate buoys, racing against others for an adjusted time according to the vessel’s handicap. It’s not uncommon to see a dozen boats or more out on the water Wednesday evenings, contingent on the conditions. Jim Lawson’s boat, a trimaran named Water Wings, is one

of the largest and fastest vessels on the water and arguably the odd ball of the bunch. “This isn’t strange looking at all, all the rest of the boats are the strange looking ones,” Lawson said, grinning behind mirrored aviator glasses. At 75, Lawson as been in the Basin going on 40 years and has been sailing since he was a teenager. “This is my old-man multi-hull, it’s for us old guys that don’t like to wear a wet suit when they sail.” “What’s great about this is you can be sipping a soda, munching on a sand-wich and going 20 miles per hour over the water.”

Making the best use of a Basin full of water

W hen the temperature rises in the Basin, water

recreation enthusiasts come out of the woodwork to sail, fish, swim, raft and waterski in area lakes and rivers. Whether it’s a heart-thumping raft trip down the Klamath River through class IV and V rapids, or a trip to jump off cliffs into the crisp waters of Crater Lake — quite literally taking your breath away — the Basin goes bonkers for its water recreation.


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Boats take part in the Klam-ath Yacht Club races on Upper Klamath Lake in mid-May.


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WATER, from page 25

By mid-May the sun was out and the wind was blowing, hard.

“We’ve had some poor weather so far, but this is perfect conditions. Put another quarter in the machine and just let it blow.” Lawson said.

“The great thing about sailboats is you can put two in a lake and they will head right toward each other to check out what sort of boat they have,” Lawson said. “It really brings people together.”

He admits the same can’t be said about powerboats.

Lawson loves to sail on Upper Klamath Lake. “You just can’t beat the price. It’s got to be 1/10 or 1/20 what you would pay in say

the Bay Area.” Members pay a $100 application fee and $25 in monthly dues plus a slip rental. They also are expected to perform 20 hours of work around the property through the year.

According to board member Bill Wright, 69, who has been sailing since about the age of 20, the club hosts as many as 30 racers from around the region during its annual Firecracker Regatta which will be offered over the last weekend in June this year.

“You know, we have a great lake here for sailing. People really need to get out and check it out,” Wright said.

“To me, sailing is a metaphor for life. You can’t control the wind. You can’t control the current or the seas. All you can do is try to balance yourself against the forces and move forward.”

◗ t he col d bel ow ❘ Many make the trip up to Crater Lake in late August — when the surface temperature has warmed up to near 60 degrees — to swim in the lake and jump off the cliffs near Cleetwood Cove. Crater Lake National Park aquatic ecolo-gist Mark Buktenica, has arguably logged more time in and under the water of this nation’s deepest lake than anyone else on the planet. Buktenica has worked in the park since 1985, but his obsession with swimming in the cool, clear water began in 1979 when he first went for a dip in Crater Lake. Beginning in June, he and two other biol-ogists begin scuba diving to maintain facili-ties and collect specimens — like mosses and underwater insects.

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WATER, from page 27

According to Buktenica, the water this time of year is somewhere between 38 to 40 degrees. “It’s pretty chilly, a little painful really,” he said of areas that are exposed, despite wearing wet and dry suits. “It’s sort of like putting your face in a bowl of ice water.” On the hottest of summer days the park may see 20 people swimming or div-ing off the cliffs near the boat launch at Cleetwood Cove, Buktenica said. They get the occasional group of recreational scuba divers, too. He has seen the national park, the only one in Southern Oregon, from every angle. Buktenica dove solo to the lake’s deepest part inside a single-person submersible in the late 1980s. “Most people just come and drive round the lake, or maybe hike on the trails but the park looks totally different from the lake level.”

◗ Paddl e in t he wat er ❘ Between the Ewauna Rowing Club, the Klamath River boasting some pretty technical runs of rapids and many lakes within just a short drive of Klamath Falls, there is no shortage of opportunities for small-boat hobbyists.

Local artist Janet Tarjan Erl and her hus-band, Harry, have logged a lot of time on Upper Klamath Lake near Rocky Point. In their time in the Basin they have owned sailboats, kayaks and more recently sailing kayaks, which Janet says are ideal for the shallow lakes in the area. “We live so close to Rocky Point, we’ve spent a lot of time there,” said Janet Tarjan Erl, paddling, sailing or paddling the hybrid sailing kayaks.

“There is a really nice canoe trail there that lots of people paddle with canoes and kayaks. You can spend several hours navi-gating through it.”

“Sometimes we put in near (Rocky Point) Resort and just sail and kick all the way down to Odessa Campground in just a very short time,” Erl said. “The things (sail-ing kayaks) really fly on the water.”

The couple also enjoys trips to Four-mile Lake and Lake of the Woods. “There are just so many places to go around the Basin. Kayaking, fishing and sailing probably are the top three water activities in the area,” she said. Canoes and kayaks can be rented at Rocky Point Resort.

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While a couple of deputies are paid for their time, most involved in the marine patrol are trained volunteers who perform the service because they love being on the water, value educating boaters and have a desire to keep people safe. The Klamath County Marine Patrol’s main duty is to keep boaters and water enthusiasts safe by provid-ing routine craft inspections, water safety and safe boating classes — and patrolling for events like the Klamath Yacht Club’s Firecracker Regatta, the

Rural Henley Rowing Regatta and the annual Trophy Trout Fishing Derby. As part of the Oregon State Marine Board, and a division of the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office, the Klamath County Marine Board receives funds each year from the state which allows it to pay for two full-time deputies year-round and a part-time deputy during the summer. The rest of the team is made up of dedicated, hard working and crafty volunteers. Joe Maggio, 53, has been with

the county’s marine board for four seasons. He, along with five other volunteers, help lighten the workload during the busier, warmer months when people are more apt to be out on the water. During the winter, the group teaches water safety to school children and conducts monthly boating education classes at Klamath Community College. “I like to think these sorts of classes are vital to children’s safety and give more seasoned boating enthusiast an opportunity to brush up on their skills — who knows, maybe even learn something new,” Maggio said. He admits what most don’t real-ize is much of the group’s work — done mostly by trained volunteers

— is spent removing and maintain-ing or replacing navigational aids: buoys and channel markers in Upper Klamath Lake, Lake of the Woods and Agency Lake, to name a few.

“It’s a back-breaking job,” he said. “Each navigational aid is anchored by a rail car coupler, which could be at the bottom of a 50-foot plastic coat-ed cable. I’m not sure exactly how much they weigh, maybe around 60 pounds. They’re not light” “This year a couple of the other volunteers built a wench system to pull up the weighted buoys. It worked great. We actually managed to repair or replace all the nav-aids on Lake of the Woods in one day.”

See MARINE PATROL, page 30

Love of the water brings volunteers onboard❘ Basin culture — Klamath County Marine Patrol

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W hen out on area lakes, be it fishing, sailing, water

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Volunteers with the Klamath County Marine Patrol, Joe Maggio and George Warner, meet at the Klamath Yacht Club to patrol the waters during Wednesday night races, just in case.H&N photo by Andrew Mariman


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◗ Event c over age ❘ At the Klamath Yacht Club’s Wednesday night races, boaters approach marine board volunteer Magio with smiles and handshakes. He admits this hasn’t always been the case. “Not too long ago the relationship with boaters wasn’t all positive,” Magio said. “Boaters just want to be left alone to enjoy their boats on the open water by themselves, so when we switched to staffing these events with volunteers, it really helped relieve some of tension.” “You know our main goal at events like this is safety.” Magio said. “We’re not looking to cite anyone, at all.” Several volunteers hang out in the patrol boat only aiding capsized ves-sels when they’re asked to. “There is very little of that going on at these events anyway. These people really know how to handle their boats.” At the Trophy Trout Fishing Derby, things are a little different. Along with several volunteers, the marine board also staffs this event with a paid deputy. They check on boats to make sure they are properly registered, carrying the appropriate safety equipment and cite boaters who are out of com-pliance. What is apparent is that despite most of the members on the Klamath County Marine Board being volun-teers, they simply love their role. The volunteers love being out on the water, getting to know members of the boating community. The marine board already has a couple of boats at its disposal for patrols and occasional marine search

and rescue incidents, but it is current-ly refurbishing a boat solely through volunteer hours and reclaimed equip-ment. While Magio was in Portland recu-perating from a medical procedure, he received an email. “It was from the state marine board. They had a Mercury 225 motor they were looking to find a good home for,” he said. The Buffalo, N.Y., native jumped on the offer, not realizing just how big and heavy the motor was. “We had to use a hoist to move the thing,” Magio said. Once the marine board was in possession of the motor, the project ballooned out of control. “We had a boat in dry dock that we thought would be perfect for the motor.” Volunteers began grinding down the boat to bare sheet metal, remov-ing old seats and instruments, repaint-ing it and welding in new seats. “The thing is almost ready for the water. We can’t wait to see what it will do, and the best part, it’s been all volunteer hours. It hasn’t cost the sheriff’s department a cent.” Each Wednesday volunteers with the marine board set up shop in Moore Park Marina 2 for free boat inspections before racing across the south side of the Upper Klamath Lake for the yacht club’s weekly races. “We’re more in the business of public relations,” Magio said. “We’re here to make sure people are safe and just try to stay out of the way unless they really need our help, which isn’t that often.”

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There is a place where the sky is cloaked in cannon-fire smoke. A place where houses are replaced by canvas tents, where pants become trousers and boots become brogans. It’s a place where guns are muskets, pancakes are flapjacks, tea is scandal-water and soldiers only pretend to die — although death is known as “laying down the knife and fork.”

In short, it’s a place that doesn’t acknowledge the trappings of modern existence. And the good news is, for those who yearn for an escape from the space age, it’s highly mobile and looking for new members. For the past 14 years, the Cascade Civil War Society has been shunning contem-porary life by camping in parks and re-enacting life as it was in the 19th century. Participants arrange battles, hospital dem-

onstrations and musical performances with a rigid eye toward period-correct mannerisms, vernacular and equipment. For Holly Fields, who was among the 12 members who founded the CCWS in her kitchen in 1998, the need for accuracy is paramount. “I don’t want to be at an event and see Styrofoam cups and plastic tarps,” she said. “This is my escape from my modern, mundane life. I don’t want the modern, mundane life impeding on my escape.” This avoidance of latter-day life spills over into conversation points and slang. CCWS members don’t talk about car troubles or computer crashes at their events. And if someone wanted to say, for instance, “I was confused and irritated by my unpleasant thoughts,” they would instead utter: “I was graveled and peevish by my cogitations.”

See SOCIETY, page 32

A moder n esca pe

Civil War society provides a glimpse of history and an escape from the

everyday life

❘ Basin culture — Living history

By ANDREW CREASEYH&N Staff Reporter

Photos courtesy of Linda Kalayjian

Counterclockwise from top: Re-enactors, members of the Maryland Line, partake in a skir-mish at Fort Klamath.Linda and John Kalayjian’s civil-ian camp is set up at Fort Klam-ath. Linda is a cook for Hurt’s Battery and prepares the meals on a wood stove.Holly Fields, Margie Brick, Carrie Rarden and Judy Arter (left to right) plot with two Confeder-ate soldiers to confront the Yan-kees and demand the return of Brick’s Missouri mules, Beck and Kate.Captain Ken Janson leads sol-diers of Hurt’s Battery in a salute at Joseph Stewart State Park.Holly Fields and Steve Bruce with Bruce’s horses, Bonnie and Clyde, at Fort Klamath.


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SOCIETY, from page 31

The CCWS also makes a point to imbue its actions with the proper 19th century priorities, which empha-sized etiquette and manners. “The culture of the period was much more reserved,” said CCWS member Dan Foster. “The general society was more conservative, more cultured and much more etiquette-minded.” For Fields, this isn’t difficult once she is surrounded by all the historic paraphernalia. “You put on the clothes and the manners of the time come on with it,” she said. Seeing this attitude portrayed in modern times can remind attendees of how far society has drifted from its founding principles, Foster said. “Our modern world has gotten so self-oriented and entertainment-oriented that people just don’t under-stand where we came from,” he said. The group also has a responsibil-ity to teach the people who pay to attend the re-enactments about life during the Civil War, Fields said. Public

education is a crucial element in his-torical re-enactment. “Our job is to educate people and keep history alive,” Fields said. “If we don’t keep this history alive, it’s going to get lost.” Foster, who portrays a field surgeon and runs the medical demonstration, views Civil War re-enactment as a way to shine a light on a neglected subject. “My impression is that most American history classes tend to gloss over much of the 19th century,” he said. “The Civil War was an important time. It was a turning point in our his-tory and many people do not under-stand how it really united the country in the long run.”

See SOCIETY, page 33

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Foster said he was once lecturing a group of seventh-graders about the period, and they didn’t even know what the Civil War was. During his medical demonstra-tions, he tries to dispel misconcep-tions about Civil War field surgery promulgated by movies and media. “We say that Hollywood is wrong,” he said. “It’s not just about getting patients drunk, strapping them down and making them bite on a stick. There were anesthetics available, such as chloroform.” The re-enactments usually illus-trate a simple procedure, such as dressing a wound or extracting a bul-let, but Foster ramps up the reality by using a generous amount of fake stage blood — a sticky concoction of food coloring and syrup that can take days to wash off. At the end of the day, when the crowds have gone home and the park gates close, it could be easy to take out the battery-powered radios and gas grills, but that is not the case for CCWS members. “Many of us still strive to stay in character even after hours because it helps us to continue that impression during the day,” Foster said. For Fields, the after-hours is the highlight of the event. “The best time for me is in the evening,” she said. “All the lanterns are lit, and you walk through the camp and hear a fiddle and banjo being played. You see guys playing cards with a period correct deck. You see officers planning their strategy for tomorrow’s battle. We’re like a big family.” It’s these moments that harken

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Hurt’s Battery’s 3-inch ordnance rifles, named Sophia Antoinette Barksdale and The Great Lady, fire away during re-enactment demonstrations at Joseph Stewart State Park in the Rogue Valley.

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See COWBOY DINNER TREE, page 35

Plan in advance Reservations are required at the Cowboy Dinner Tree. Callers also must give their entree preference — a 26- to 30-ounce sirloin steak or a whole baked chicken. Dinner splitting is not permitted. The cost is $25 per person — cash only, no checks or credit cards — or $10.25 for youth age 7 to 13 with children 6 and younger free. Meals are served from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays June 1 to Oct. 31 and Friday through Sunday Nov. 1 through May 31, except December and January when the restaurant is open only on Satur-days. For people wanting to avoid the drive home — it’s about 90 miles to Klamath Falls — two onsite rustic cabins are available with room for up to four people. The cost is $40 per person, which is added onto the dinner tab. To make dinner and cabin reservations call 541-576-2426. Inter-net reservations are not available.By LEE JUILLERAT: H&N Regional Editor

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Connie and Don Ramage, who’ve owned the restaurant the past five years, have heard count-less variations on the tall tree’s history. The gen-erally accepted version says in the 1870s, cow-boys from Paisley, Summer Lake and Silver Lake met their families under the shady branches of a juniper tree while shuttling cattle to and from the Sycan Marsh. A chuck wagon was waiting at the tall juniper, the dinner tree and the halfway point, where crews were fed buckaroo beans and biscuits. “There’s been a lot of stories about the Cow-boy Dinner Tree,” Connie quips. “And some of them are true.”

◗ A t ypical day ❘ What’s real for Connie are hours of hard work. This day, like others when the restaurant is open, she made the 20-mile drive from her fam-ily’s cattle ranch and arrived at the Dinner Tree at 9 a.m., when she began preparing 65 pans of sweet dinner rolls and seasoned 40 whole chick-ens with their blend of spices. Don, who manages the family ranch and its small herd of red Angus, arrived later, when he massaged the steaks, which look like small roasts, with a spice rub, helped slow-cook the chickens and planned out the schedule for grill-ing the steaks. He sears both sides at a high heat

The tree’s history (... well, one version)

... in the 1870s, cowboys from Paisley, Summer Lake and Silver Lake met their families under the shady branches of a

juniper tree while shuttling cattle to and from the Sycan Marsh. A chuck wagon

was waiting at the tall juniper, the dinner tree and the halfway point, where crews were fed buckaroo beans and biscuits.

H&N photo by Lee Juillerat

Don Ramage grills spice-rubbed steaks, searing both sides to trap the juices, for the Cowboy Dinner Tree restaurant near Silver Lake.

to trap the juices, then moves them away from the flame, where they’re regularly monitored. “We’ve been busier than usual,” Connie, who was juggling platters of steaks, potatoes, rolls, drinks and desserts and scurrying between the kitchen and the dining area, said hours later. Most of the indoor tables, which can seat 55, were full. Of the 160 meals planned that night, she said 120 of the orders were for steaks. Despite the crowd, she made time to visit the tables and chat with diners. As usual, the num-ber of locals — people from the Silver Lake, Fort Rock and Christmas Valley areas — were in the minority compared with visitors from Klamath Falls, Bend, Eugene and other areas of Oregon. “We’re blessed with so many folks who come from all over the country,” Connie said.

◗ Dest inat ion dining ❘ Located four miles in the sagebrush south of Silver Lake, a getting-smaller northern Lake County community that’s 90 miles from Klam-ath Falls, 75 miles from Bend and 100 miles from Lakeview, the Cowboy Dinner Tree is a destina-tion outing where folks come for the service, the setting and, of course, the steaks. After all, the steaks are huge at the Cowboy Dinner Tree.

More on Lake County sights, page 37


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Taking in the sights and history around Northern Lake County

People heading to the Cowboy Dinner Tree restaurant near Silver Lake can take in several other sights during a day or weekend in northern Lake County.

Just east of the community of Silver Lake is the Silver Lake Cemetery, the burial place for many regional people, including members of the Kittredge, Emery and O’Leary families with long-time ties. A tall monument honors the 43 victims of the Dec. 24, 1894, Christmas Eve fire. Forty people died that night and three others later died from injuries. Silver Lake community members financed the large monument.

Nearby is the community of Fort Rock, home of Fort Rock State Park and the Fort Rock Historical Society Homestead Village Museum. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday Memorial Day weekend through October hunting season. Historic build-ings from the homestead era, which peaked in 1912, including Dr. Thom’s office, the Webster Cabin, St. Rose Catholic Church and the Boden-heimer house, are on the grounds. Hiking trails go around nearby Fort Rock, the crescent-shaped geologic formation that dominates the region. Reservations are required to tour the Fort Rock Cave, where archaeologists discovered 9,000- to 11,000-year-old sagebrush sandals and other artifacts from early Americans. For information and reservations, call 800-551-6949 or visit the Oregon State Parks website at www.oregonstateparks.org. Other fascinating geologic sights include Hole-in-the-Ground, Sand Dunes, Lost Forest, Fossil Lake, Derrick Cave and, a personal favorite, Crack-in-the-Ground, a 2-mile long, 70-foot deep fissure eight miles northeast of Christmas Valley. Hiking trails go through the main “crack.” For information on North Lake, sites contact the Christmas Valley Chamber of Commerce at 541-576-3838, email [email protected] or visit www.christmasvalleychamber.org.

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The community of Fort Rock, in northern Lake County, is home to Fort Rock State Park and the Fort Rock Historical Society Homestead Village Museum. Historic build-ings from the homestead era, which peaked in 1912, are on the grounds.


Phyllis Crawford once bought an 1800s lowboy dresser missing the top drawer for $5. Her husband, Jim, told her it was a waste of money and to throw it out.

Two weeks later she sold it for $60.

Phyllis put the dresser, damaged as it was, in her booth at Keepers Corner, an antique, craft and collect-able mall on East Main Street in Klamath Falls. A couple saw the dresser and knew it was for them. They were remaking their bathroom in a classic style and the low-boy dresser with the missing top drawer was perfect to hold a new sink. “It was a one-of-a-kind item,” Phyllis said. One-of-a-kind is exactly what Phyllis loves about stores like Keepers Corner. Anyone can go to a big box store and buy a piece of furniture, but most likely their

neighbor down the street has the same one. Now both Jim and Phyllis regularly take old furniture, remake it, and sell it at Keepers Corner. In May, the shop featured a bench Phyllis made from an old headboard and a cabinet Jim made by combining a shelf and bro-ken cabinet. “In the middle of the night I dream about it,” she said with a chuckle. “It usually happens after I buy some-thing.” Jim calls it his form of recycling. “Take what was old and make it new again,” he said. “With all the push to go green, reuse and recycle, in a store like this that’s just natural,” said Bonnie Teeples, who co-owns Keepers Corner with her husband, Scott. She sees her shop with its 130 vendors as a place for inexpensive, gently used and creative items.

See THRIFTY, page 39

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Thrift stores dedicated to community causes Some thrift stores in Klamath Falls are run with a purpose. They are staffed by volunteers and proceeds go to a dedicated cause. Two shops sitting caddy-corner to one another on East Main fit the bill.

◗ Findables: Findables, a quality used fur-niture store, has been supporting Assistance League of the Klamath Basin for 25 years. Assistance League’s biggest program provides clothing to school-aged children and teens. Every year its goal is to clothe about 700 children. The store on East Main, staffed by volunteers, looks very much like a new furniture store. Items are set out as they would be in a home: made beds, set tables, chairs with decorative pillows.

See THRIFT STORES, page 40

H&N photo by Samantha Tipler

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One colorful booth — called Cathy’s Corner — is filled with pastels, American flags, and re-purposed lamps and Mason jars. Cathy Herbold, who said she has been crafting for 30 years, fills the booth with whatever fills her creative head. “I think of something dif-ferent and it comes naturally,” Herbold said. “I come up with an idea and run with it.” While she can buy some supplies at craft stores like Michaels, Herbold said that can get expensive. She also watches yard sales and visits the Good-will store with a special eye for how things can fit together in a new way. “I look at something and change it by painting it,” she said. “I take something old and make it usable.”

H&N photos by Samantha Tipler

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“Everything in here goes to help children,” said Shirley Alley, education chair and past presi-dent of the organization. “There is a lot of nostal-gia for older things and we have quality furniture for reasonable prices.”

◗ Treasures: Treasures is a thrift store — carrying knick-knacks, some furniture, kitchen items, dishes and clothing — that benefits Klamath Basin Hospice. Aside from Carol Herring, the supervisor, the store is manned by volunteers. Herring said the store has a little bit of every-thing. The only things it doesn’t have are large appliances, as the store doesn’t have enough space. But that tight space is an advantage for Trea-sures, she said. Because it is smaller, the store has an incentive to move its product, keeping its prices low. The store also has regular sales to keep things rotating. Herring said her store can be a place to find unique items, worth the search to find them, hence the name Treasures. “It’s part of the adventure of never knowing what you’re going to find when you come in,” she said. “You can come in and look for your own treasure.”

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Volunteers Shirley Bridges, left, and Nancy O’Donnell, man the Findables used furniture store that benefits Assistance League of the Klamath Basin.


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Growing,Cooking

PreservingENJOYINGfresh herbs

Master gardener Cordy Starr was busy at the

greenhouse at the Klamath Basin Research and Exten-sion Center recently, tending the many plants — includ-ing herbs that were sold at the annual Master Garden-ers plant sale in early June.

H&N photo by Lee Beach

Cordy Starr, a Klamath

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at the Klam-ath Basin

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The herb garden: What grows best here? Basil is one of the easiest herbs to grow, according to Starr, and she had deep-green, healthy plants that gave off an aromatic scent when the leaves were touched. She pointed out other basil plants Darrin Culp, horticulture agent, had grown from seeded discs this year. Parsley, chives and dill are other easy growers from seed she sug-gested.

See HERBS, page 42

— Thyme

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“Some herbs are easier to start from cuttings rather than seed, like oregano, which spreads and grows well and will hold over here,” she said. “Rosemary needs to be grown in a pot inside, or brought in for winter if it’s grown outside, and sage isn’t that hardy either.”

Lemon balm is a plant she said smells wonderful and is good for making tea and to use as a mosquito repellent, but it grows so well and is so prolific here that it “spreads too fast” in her yard. Most herbs like a sunny area in which to grow, though they will tol-erate some shade.

‘Rosemary needs to be grown in a pot inside, or brought in for winter if it’s grown outside,

and sage isn’t that hardy either.’— Cordy Starr, Klamath County Master Gardener

◗ History of use According to the McCormick Spice Institute, early docu-mentation suggests hunters and gatherers may have wrapped meat in the leaves of bushes, discover-ing this flavored the meat. Over the eons, spices came to be used for medicinal purposes, preserving foods and became a valuable commodity in trade throughout the ancient and old worlds. In more mod-ern uses, commerce in spices is worldwide. People enjoy spices and herbs for cuisine, to improve flavor and provide new tastes. They also increas-ingly use them for perceived health ben-efits.

H&N photo by Lee Beach

Dill, left, basil and parsley get an early start for the growing season in the greenhouse at the Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center.


◗ Basic Pesto ¼ cup pine nuts (or sunflower seeds, walnuts, or a combination) 3 cloves garlic 2 cups fresh basil leaves (or 1 cup basil and 1 cup parsley leaves) ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese ¼ tsp. salt ½ cup olive oil Finely chop nuts and garlic in a food processor. (A blender also can be used, but it is more time consuming.) Add basil and chop really fine. Add Parmesan cheese and salt. Mix well. When everything is well blended, add oil and mix well. Store in the refrigerator and use within four days or freeze for long‐term storage. Source: OregonState.edu

“Food Safety and Preservation”

Fresh herbs in oil Place whole or crushed herbs in a clean container. Add oil and refrigerate. Use within four days or freeze for long‐term storage. Olive oil is pre-ferred, but any oil can be used. Using refrigerated, oil-steeped herbs within four days is neces-sary due to the risk of botulism. An example is pesto which must be refrigerated and used within four days or frozen for long‐term storage.

Hint: Pesto can be frozen in ice cube trays. When frozen, wrap individual cubes in plastic wrap and store in a freezer con-tainer. Source: Ball Blue Book

Guide to Preserving

Preserving herbs

Drying parsley and other herbs

No precooking is necessary. Hang whole plants in a warm, dry place to dry. When dry, crush leaves and remove stems. When drying in a dehydrator or oven, keep temperature below 120 degrees.Source: “A Pacific North-

west Extension Publica-tion” PNW 397.

Other suggestions are to mist rather than wash the leaves and dry them with a paper towel to reduce risk of mold, and to hang five to 10 stems in a group. Dry for one to three weeks at about 68 degrees, then remove leaves and store in air-tight glass herb jars. Label and keep for up to a year. Source: WikiHow.com

Freezing fresh herbs

Wash, drain and dry herbs. Do not blanch. Wrap a few sprigs or leaves in freezer film and place in plastic freezer bags, plastic freezer jars or plastic freezer con-tainers. Seal, label and freeze.

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Preserving

Some herbs are better for freezing, usually soft-leaf types like tarragon and parsley. Herbs can also be frozen in ice cube trays, allowing one-third chopped herbs to two-thirds water — perfect for just throwing into soups and stews.

Cooking with herbs

Herbs can be used for flavoring foods and bev-erages and for other pur-

poses as well — medicinal and industrial and for

attracting garden visitors like butterflies. Some of

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oregano, parsley, thyme Salsa herbs: cilantro,

parsley, garlic, chives Chocolate herbs: chocolate mint, chocolate

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◗ Kitchen Herb Garden Rub 1 cup dried parsley 2 Tbsp. dried thyme ½ cup dried oregano 1 Tbsp. coarse salt ¼ cup dried rosemary 1 Tbsp. coarse-ground pepper 2 Tbsp. dried tarragon Crush or grind herbs into a coarse powder. Stir in salt and pepper. Store in a home canning jar or plastic storage container. Label and date. Recommended use: on chicken or fish. Coat meat lightly with olive oil. Apply rub. Let chicken or fish stand two to four hours in a cool place. Grill.

Source: Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving


It’s a fundamental part of Ameri-can cookery, but the grill can be daunting for many. There are just so many choices. Gas or charcoal. Rib-eye, T-bone or strip steak. Dry rub or marinade. And then there’s the potential for overcooking a pricey cut of meat, which leaves many would-be steak grillers opting for burgers, or worse, chicken. “Overcooking it is the biggest mistake you can make,” says Dayle Robnett, co-owner of Diamond S Meat Company in suburban Klam-ath Falls. But it doesn’t have to be

that way, she said. With a few tips, and a little practice, you can achieve the hatched grill marks, smoky flavor and perfectly pink center for which we cook over an open flame.

First, the grill. If you already have one, but still need some practice, cook with cheaper cuts of meat until you master the flame. If you’re looking to buy a grill, you have some choices. Gas grills allow more control of the flame and heat, but don’t give you

See STEAK, page 45

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By JOEL ASCHBRENNERH&N Staff Reporter

Trout: What to do once they’re off the hook You’ve watched the tip of your pole bend and your line go tight. You’ve set your hook, reeled in your catch. You’ve landed a trout in one of the Klamath Basin’s prime fisheries. Now what? For many, catching a trout seems easier than cooking it. But it can actually be quite easy, said George Gregory, general manager of Lake of the Woods Resort. “If you have a pocket knife and a roll of aluminum foil you can make dinner,” he said. “That’s all it takes.”

See TROUT, page 48

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any smoky flavor (unless yours has a smoker box for woodchips). Charcoal grills are often less expensive. They can add a smoky flavor that some prefer but others say can taste too much like soot. Then there are wood pellet grills, Robnett’s favorite. Less common than their gas and charcoal coun-terparts, wood pellet grills use indi-rect heat and add a woody smoke flavor to the food. All three are fine choices. The type of grill matters less than learning how to use it well. Then there’s picking a cut. If you have a favorite kind of steak, go for it. If not, find what looks good that day, or ask your butcher. When picking a steak, look for marbling — fat dispersed throughout the meat, not just along the outside

— Robnett said. “You know some people don’t want fat, but that’s what gives the meat that flavor,” she said. Robnett, who raises cattle her-self and sells only hormone-free beef, said she prefers rib steaks, like rib-eyes and prime-rib cuts, which generally have more marbling. Steaks from the loin, like the sirloin and T-bone, are generally leaner but have minimal connective tis-sue, so they will be tender, she said. Cuts that include a bone, Robnett said, often have a “beefier” flavor.

◗ Simply del icious ❘ You can grill your steaks simply, with a little salt and oil, or decide to add more flavor. Your primary choices are a dry rub — a mix of spices rubbed onto the surface of the meat just before cooking — or

a marinade — a flavorful liquid in which you can soak the meat for a few hours to a few days. Robnett said dry rubs add more flavor, but the acids in marinades can tender-ize the meat (though some say acid doesn’t actually penetrate the meat to break down connective tissue). Robnett said she likes a simple mix of salt, pepper, olive oil and garlic on her grilling steaks. You can buy marinades or experiment and make you own. Just combine a fat, like olive oil, and an acid, like lemon juice or wine vinegar, with the spices and seasonings you like. If you’re testing out your own marinade or dry rub, try it on a cheaper cut of meat until you per-fect it, Robnett said.

See STEAK, page 47

Keys to grilling the perfect steak

◗ Out from the cold It’s best to let your steak come to room temperature before throwing it on the grill. If the meat is too cold,

you will burn the outside before cooking the center.

◗ Heat the grill A hot grill will ensure a good sear and even cooking. Heat your grill for

at least 10 minutes before cooking.

◗ Indirect heat Cooking over indirect heat will

help prevent flare-ups, which can burn your expensive steak.

◗ For a gas grill with multiple burners, after heating both sides of the grill on high, turn one side

off and place the steak there. If your gas grill has only one burner,

you can buy metal guards or ceramic briquettes that will

cover the open flame.

◗ For charcoal grills, position briquettes on one side of the grill

and place the steaks on the other.

◗ Don’t overcook Don’t waste the money you

dropped on a nice cut of beef by cooking it till dry, gray and leathery.

Most 1-inch to 1 ½- inch thick steaks will require cooking three

to five minutes on each side. Meat thermometers are cheap and effec-

tive for checking the doneness of a steak. You also can check the

temperature of your steak by press-ing on it — the firmer it is the more

well-done — but unless you’re a pro this method is more difficult.

◗ Let it rest Hold on. Fight the temptation and don’t cut your steak right away,

and never cut it while it’s cooking. If you do, the fat will run out and

you’ll have a dry steak. Let the steak cool off the grill for at least two min-

utes before digging in.

◗ Use a sharp knife You spent good money on a

steak, so don’t fool your mind into thinking it’s tough or gristly by using

a dull knife to cut it. A good steak deserves a sharp knife.

Steak: Done well Rare: 125 degrees Medium rare: 130-135 Medium: 135-140 Medium well: 140-145 Well done: 155

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If you’ve made it this far, it’s time to cook your steak. Don’t chicken (bad pun intended) out now. The best way to ensure easy grilling is to cook over indirect heat, Robnett said. “I talk to a lot of women who are afraid to cook steak because they think they’ll ruin it,” but if you cook over indirect heat, you’ll be less likely to burn or overcook your steak, she said. Heat your grill for at least 10 minutes, then move the coals to one side, or turn off half of the gas burners. Place your steaks on the side without the coals or the lit burner. If you heated your grill long enough, there will be enough heat to cook the steak thoroughly without placing it directly over the flame, Rob-nett said. Cooking over indirect heat will prevent flare-ups from fat dripping on the flame, which can result not only in singed arm hair and eyebrows but also a burnt, leathery steak.

Cooking time will vary depending on the type and size of the steak and the temperature of your grill. All things being equal, most steaks take three to five minutes per side for medium. The best way to tell is with a meat thermom-eter, which is cheap and readily available. A medium steak will be light pink and warm in the middle. If you want it any more done than that, maybe you’re bet-ter off cooking chicken. Once your steak is off the grill, let it rest for a few minutes, Robnett said. If you cut it too soon (or even worse, while it’s cooking) the fat will run out and your efforts to prevent a dry, tough steak will be all-for-naught. Fight the urge. Wait. And when you eat, Robnett added, for goodness sakes use a sharp steak knife. “A dull steak knife will make you think a steak is tough even when it’s not,” she said.

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Dayle Robnett, co-owner of Diamond S Meat Company, pours sauce on a steak she is grilling. Cooking over indirect heat will prevent flare-ups.


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TROUT, from page 44 You can fillet your trout (and more on that later), but it’s easier to cook a trout whole, Gregory said. To remove the head, lay the fish on a flat surface, and with a sharp knife cut through the spine just behind the gills, removing the head and gills. This step is optional, Gregory said. “We used to serve them with the heads on, but people get a little freaked out when you serve them something with the head staring back at them,” he said. Gutting the trout is not optional. You must remove the organs and entrails if you are cooking it on the bone. Start by placing the tip of your knife in the hole (yes, that one) toward the end of the fish’s belly. Cut away from the tail, slicing open the belly. Pull out the organs and rinse the cavity with cold water.

There is a vein along the bottom of the trout’s spine you will want to remove. Slit the vein with your knife and use your thumb or an old spoon to clean out the blood, Gregory said. (No one said it wasn’t a messy process.) Now, you’re ready to cook. Steaming the fish in a foil pouch is the easiest way, Gregory said. Stuff the cavity with lemon butter, or lemon slices, and herbs such as dill. Adding vegetables like carrots, celery and onion is optional. Fold the fish and veggies into a foil pouch, leav-ing a small steam vent on top. You can bake the foil pouch, grill it or throw it on the coals of a campfire just like a baked potato, Gregory said. For a 12-inch trout, cooking will probably take five to seven minutes per side, he said. When it’s finished the bones will just pull away from the meat.

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Fold the fish and veggies into a foil pouch, leaving a small steam vent on top. You can bake the foil pouch, grill it or throw it on the coals of a campfire just like a baked potato ...


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TROUT, from page 48 Smoking trout is another popu-lar cooking method. Gregory likes to brine his for a day before put-ting it in the smoker. Recipes and cooking times will vary. “The key is to follow the instructions on your smoker,” he said, adding, “Some people like to cook them on a stick over the open fire, like they see in the movies. But that usually doesn’t work very well because it often falls off the stick.” Filleting requires more knife skills and leaves more meat behind, Gregory said. But you can fillet a fish whole without having to clean it, he added. Cut down to the spine

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◗ Wool ly Mul e’s Ear s ❘ Woolly Mule’s Ears, or Wyethia mollis, are known for their large (up to 1 ½ feet long) leaves covered with grayish-white, felt-like hairs. Though those leaves are soft in the spring and sum-mer, by fall they often dry out and turn silver-green or yellowish brown, according to the Trailing Ahead blog (trailingahead.blogspot.com). In the fall those leaves can make a rustling, even a spooky noise in the wind. The bushes can grow to be 4 feet wide and 4 feet tall with multiple stems and a large taproot, according to “Common Plants of the Upper Klamath Basin.” Woolly Mule’s Ears have large, sunflower-like blooms that are 3- to 4-inches wide. It flowers from May to June. The plant is perennial, meaning it lives more than one year. You can find Woolly Mules Ears in juniper wood-lands and open Ponderosa pine and white fir forests up to 7,500 feet in eleva-tion, the plant guide says. They are more common east of Highway 97. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the plant is only found in Oregon, California and Nevada. Woolly Mule’s Ears are easily mistaken for balsam-root because the flowers are similar. But the leaves with the felt-like hairs give the Mule’s Ears away.

❘ Flora & Fauna of the Klamath Basin ❘◗ Sandhil l cr anes ❘ This tall, slim water bird with a red cap on its head is unmis-takable on the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Com-plex. “It’s going to be the biggest bird you see out there, the tall-est bird,” said John Beckstrand, wildlife biologist on the complex. Sandhill cranes can be 40- to 48-inches tall, or about 3- to 4-feet tall, according to “Birds of the Pacific Northwest,” by Ira N. Gabrielson and Stanley G. Jewett. Beckstrand also said sand-hill cranes have a distinctive, hooting call. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology website, All About Birds, calls it a rolling, trumpet-ing sound. Though a few crane families stay year-round in the Klamath Basin, most come through in the spring or fall on migration routes. Beckstrand said the fall migration (September to August), with thousands of cranes on a given day, has histor-ically been the biggest. But the spring migration is picking up. This year, at its peak on March 19, the refuge complex counted 740 cranes. During migrating times, cranes often eat on harvested grain fields in the mornings and move to the shallow wetlands in the afternoons, Beckstrand said. About a dozen pairs may stay on the refuge complex to nest and raise colts (colts are the term for baby cranes), Beckstrand said. The Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge often has more, about 50 or 60 breeding pairs. But Beckstrand said the crane families can be very secretive to protect the young. Adults will actually lead people away from a nest if approached. The parents are so protec-tive, Beckstrand has only seen one colt on the Klamath Basin refuge complex. “They are almost fluorescent orange,” he said. “It was alien looking, it was totally orange. It’s pretty rare to see one.”

Sandhill cranes ◗ Height: 40 to 48 inches ◗ Wingspan: 78.7 inches, or about 6 ½ feet ◗ Appearance: Tall and gray, with a red cap or forehead with a long neck and long legs ◗ Flight: flies with its neck extended, unlike a heron, which flies with its neck curled against its body

Source: “Birds of the Pacific Northwest,” by Ira N. Gabrielson and Stanley G. Jewett and all-aboutbirds.org.

Woolly Mule’s Ears ◗ Distinguishing trait: leaves covered in dense, grayish-white felt-like hairs ◗ Leaves up to 1 ½ feet long ◗ Whole plant up to 4-feet wide and 4-feet tall ◗ Flowers from May to June with sunflower-like yellow blooms

Source: “Common Plants of the Upper Klamath Basin.” This guide is available online at www.rabe-consulting.com/pdf/plantbook.pdf and at the Klamath County Library.

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Are you ready for the green season? Each August, during Midge Mad-ness, Herald and News readers give their best humorous and creative salute through poems, stories and recipes to the Klamath midge. Sharpen your pencils and get your brushes ready to create entries for the 2012 Herald and News’ Midge Mad-ness Contest. Deadline to enter art-work, poetry, recipes and more will be announced in July. To enter our Midge Madness Con-test, submit your short stories, recipes, haiku, poetry, art or photos about midges to the Herald and News. A group of judges will award prizes in a variety of age groups. Submit entries to the Herald and News, 2701 Foothills Blvd., Klamath Falls, OR 97601 or by emailing [email protected]. All art pieces should be dropped off at the office for judging. Submit your name, age, a contact phone number and your favorite midge memory with your contest entry.

2011 Best Artwork (Youth): Emma Kemp — Age 7


On the Basin calendar: Make your plans for upcoming Basin events through JulySaturday, June 9 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue. ◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at Clover Creek Road and Highway 66. ◗ Schminck Memorial Museum in Lakeview will hold its Third Annual Pansy Tea from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at The Gathering Place, 3 N. F St.

Sunday, June 10 ◗ Old-Time Fiddlers will hold a jam and dance from 1 to 4 p.m. in the grange hall at Madison Street and Shasta Way.

Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17 ◗ Northwest Regional Masters Row-ing Championships at Veterans Memo-rial Park. The Ewauna Rowing Club is hosting clubs from 10 states and Canada in 1,000-meter 7-lane races on Lake Ewauna.

Saturday, June 16 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue. ◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at Clover Creek Road and Highway 66. ◗ Praise in the Park Christian Music Festival, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Main stage lineup featuring Sean McDonald with Bryon “Mr. Talkbox” Chambers, Ryan Stevenson, Jake Hamilton and Kimber Rising at Moore Park. Free admission.

Sunday, June 17 ◗ Living History Day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Collier State Park Logging Museum, 46000 Highway 97 North. Museum demonstrations will include live steam engines, an operating old-time shingle mill, horse and wagon team, hay rides, spinning and weaving and more. Free admission.Thursday, June 21 ◗ Third Thursday 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown Klamath Falls. Live music and entertainment with businesses staying open extra hours. ◗ Crater Lake Murders, a program by Alan Eberlein examines clues to a double

homicide in Crater Lake National Park that occurred in July 1952. 7 p.m. in the Klamath County Museum. Free admis-sion.Friday, June 22 through Sunday, June 24 ◗ Klamath Kinetic Challenge begin-ning at Veterans Memorial Park. ◗ Kruise of Klamath. Vintage car show will include a sock hop, Show ‘n’ Shine, poker runs and cruise on Main Street in downtown Klamath Falls.Saturday, June 23 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue. ◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at Clover Creek Road and Highway 66.Saturday, June 30 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue. ◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at Clover Creek Road and Highway 66. ◗ Cost of Freedom Rodeo at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. Tickets are $10 for adults and children older than 12. Children age 12 and under admitted free of charge with the dona-tion of a canned food item and adult paid admission. Live entertainment and fireworks included. Gates open at 4:30 p.m., rodeo begins at 7 p.m.Saturday, June 30 through Sunday, July 1 ◗ Fourth of July Firecracker Regatta hosted by the Klamath Yacht Club on Upper Klamath Lake.Wednesday, July 4 ◗ America the Beautiful — Indepen-dence Day in downtown Klamath Falls. Celebration will include a parade at 5 p.m. and a community barbecue, games, activities, face painting, midway games, pie eating contests, sack races and more in Veterans Memorial Park. The event will conclude with a fireworks show over Lake Ewauna. Free admission.Saturday, July 7 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between

Main Street and Klamath Avenue. ◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at Clover Creek Road and Highway 66. ◗ Rockhounding and polishing with the Klamath County Museum and the Klamath Rock and Arrowhead Club. Rock gathering starts at 9 a.m. near the NEW call center followed by a rock polishing demonstration at 10:30 a.m. at the museum. Anyone who contributes a rock to the batch can return to select a polished stone on July 21. Free event.Friday, July 13 through Sunday, July 15 ◗ Rip City Riders Summer Fun Run at Veterans Memorial Park. Motorcycle event raises funds for Southern Oregon Youth Sports Connection.Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29 ◗ The Cascade Civil War Society presents the Battle at Moore Park with Civil War encampments and battles on the green 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 28, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 29. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children ages 6 to 12-years-old. Children under 5 admitted free. Families admitted for $20.Saturday, July 14 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue. ◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at

Clover Creek Road and Highway 66.

Thursday, July 19 ◗ Third Thursday 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown Klamath Falls. Live music and entertainment with businesses staying open extra hours.

Saturday, July 21 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue.

◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at Clover Creek Road and Highway 66.

Saturday, July 28 ◗ Klamath Falls Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue.

◗ Keno Community Market, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Keno Open Bible Church at Clover Creek Road and Highway 66.

◗ CASA’s Ride Through Paradise Cycling Event featuring courses of 13-, 30-, 62- and 100-miles.

◗ Klamath Blues Festival in Veterans Memorial Park. Event will feature blues music, a kidfest, vendors, arts and crafts, food, beverages, microbrews and more.

Does your group or organization have a special community event coming up? Let us know and we’ll put it in the community calendar in the August/September edition of Klamath Life. Send event information to [email protected], or call 541-885-4412.

The Pacific Crest Trail Association and Bureau of Land Management’s Cascade Siskiyou National Monument are holding a free, two-day event open to anyone wanting to learn more about how to care for their local trails. Beginners and experts alike can benefit from the Trail Skills College. The session runs June 30 to July 1 at the Hyatt Lake Recreation Area. Volunteers can arrive the evening of June 29. Camping will be available to attendees. Classes will take place on local trails within walking distance or a short vehicle commute. Students can choose from four two-day tracks and

two saw certification classes. Initial certification classes are two-days, saw re-certifications are one-day. Classes include basic trail main-tenance for beginners, drainage and reconstruction for intermediates, rock work for intermediate-advanced and crew leadership for advanced. For more information and to register, contact Merrit Hoeh at [email protected] or call her at 916-285-1838. To learn more about the Pacific Crest Trail in Klamath County, see page 15.

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