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Looking at you – red-shouldered hawk (I think) Photo courtesy of Joan Rowe

Lemon Shark Photo by Craig Dietrich

This shot was taken less than 12inches from my camera. These shots are hard to get because sharks are VERY apprehensive to come close to us.

January 25th, 2016 Volume 13, Issue 4

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The Chiloquin Vector Control District will meet at 6:30PM on Wed Jan 27, 2016 at the Chiloquin Community Center Conference Room 140 S. 1st Street in Chiloquin. The public is always welcomed to attend and discuss mosquito issues with the Board of Trustees. The room is wheelchair accessible. The agenda includes voting for new officers, appointing a budget director for FY 2016-17, bill paying, annual report to the Board of Klamath County Commissioners and the District’s new brochure. Last year the CVCD was able to reduce the mosquito population 249% from March 2013 levels. Our hourly mosquito count was under 1.08 in 2015. Citizen complaints have been reduced 291% from March 2013 levels. There are no issues of West Nile in our District. The area around Sprague River, outside the CVCD, experienced one incident of West Nile in a horse. In the 2016-17 budget, the District will be adding funding for disease testing. Financially the District has spent less than 44% of its 2015-2016 budget. The District has $10,202 in checking, $45,000 in a local money market account, and $54,754 in the Oregon State Treasury Account for a total cash reserve of $109,976 as of January 4, 2016. This year the District was able to secure theft insurance to protect taxpayer assets. The CVCD is receiving restitution payments from the Oregon Department of Justice for thefts occurring prior to March 2013. The financial goal of the CVCD is to build a reserve of $100,000 or more to handle public health emergencies should the issue of West Nile or “ZIKA” (a brain eating virus in newborns carried by mosquito populations) become an issue in the District. Dennis Jefcoat Chairman, 541 274 0132

PREVENT A BLOOD SHORTAGE – DONATE TODAY! The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donations to help prevent a shortage of blood products this January. Hectic holiday schedules in November and December contributed to about 1,700 fewer blood drives held and 50,000 less donations collected than the two previous months. Blood and platelet donors of all types are needed to reverse the declining supply and help ensure that blood products continue to be available. A shortage can be averted if at least two more donors – above what’s currently expected – come to donate at every Red Cross blood drive in February. Make an appointment now to help replenish the blood supply by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE

Will be at the Chiloquin Community Center When: Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Time: 9am - 1pm

To schedule your appointment or for more information contact: (541) 363-5178 or schedule online at www.redcrossblood.org

Sponsor code: ChiloquinCommunity

"Give Something that Means Something" Schedule your appointment today.

******************************* Volunteers Hosting our February Blood Drive are from "Chiloquin Christian Center" Thanking you in advance for donating your time and talents to this worthy cause.

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Have you remodeled? Need a tax write off? Sierra Service Project needs 2 WELL FUNCTIONING refrigerators for their kitchen. Please respond to: awomancalledSam@hotmail .com. Thanks

Crater Lake National Park The road from Steel Visitor Center to the Rim Village is CLOSED. It did open for one day last week and may do so again this week if the snow clears up. The road is open to administrative traffic only. The only way to see the lake is by snow shoeing or skiing up the Raven Trail. Be advised that if you choose to snow shoe/ski up to the rim you will be traveling in avalanche terrain and you are not allowed to walk/ski on the road. Please use caution when driving to Crater Lake. You must carry traction tires or chains. The combination of snow packed roads, and heavy snow fall combined with winds are making driving conditions challenging. Be advised that our Snow plow operators will be working on the roads and will have reduced visibility due to this weather. Snowshoe walks continue at Crater Lake Ranger-led snowshoe walks are presented every weekend through winter and spring. Free. Snowshoes provided, but reservations are required at 541-594-3100. See Crater Lake National Park page on Facebook.

Crater Lake Photo by David Dunlap, Portland Oregon

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CHILOQUIN LIBRARY PRESENTS

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A FREE MOVIE – RATED: PG 13

Comedy

Director: Nancy Meyers

Stars: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway

Jules Ostin is a young woman running a thriving online fashion website. Convinced by her employees

to enact a senior outreach program, she hires 70-year-old retiree Ben Whittaker as an intern. Ben

initially has much to learn, and finds that the modern business world isn't anything like he remembers.

However, as Ben acclimates himself it becomes clear that he has plenty to teach the young people

around him. In the end, it may be Ostin that learns the most valuable lessons of all.

Everyone is welcome!

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Chiloquin, OR- On Thursday, January 21, 2016, at the Chiloquin, Oregon Ranger Station, the Klamath Tribes met with U.S. Forest Service managers from the Umpqua, Rogue River-Siskiyou, Willamette, Deschutes and Fremont-Winema National Forests, for their Biannual Government-to-Government consultation/meeting. Attendees for the Klamath Tribes included: Administration General Manager-George Lopez, Education and Employment Department Director- Julie Bettles, Culture and Heritage Department Director- Perry Chocktoot, Klamath Tribal Chairman- Don Gentry, Natural Resource Department Director, Will Hatcher, and Public Relations Manager-Taylor Tupper. Introductions and topics began promptly at 9:00am and moved thru a full agenda which included: Forest Plan Revisions (Region 6 Northwest Forest Planning area); Education, Internship, and Employment Opportunities; Master Participating Agreement & Master Stewardship Agreement (Status of projects and future), Restoration Projects; and other items regarding Treaty Resource Protection. Following the meeting the agencies shared a potluck style lunch and some traditional tribal foods.

Klamath Tribal Representatives and U.S. Forest Service personnel from 5 National Forests. Photo and information by: Taylor R. Tupper- Klamath Tribes News Dept.

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BURNS PAIUTE RESERVATION — Leaders of the Burns Paiute Tribe on Wednesday called on militants occupying a federal wildlife compound to end their standoff. In a press conference, the tribal council sought to educate the public about their own painful history with the federal government. The militants, they said, are only making things worse for everyone in Harney County. Burns Paiute Tribal chair Charlotte Roderique spoke out at a conference and said, "Militants need to get off 'our land'. The Burns Paiute Tribe, has a small reservation about an hour outside the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. "They just need to get the hell out of here," said Jarvis Kennedy, a member of the Burns Tribal Council. "They didn't ask anybody, we don't want them here...our little kids are sitting at home when they should be in school. To me they are just a bunch of bullies and little criminals coming in here and trying to push us around over here and occupy our aboriginal territories out there where our ancestors are buried,” Kennedy said. The group of 20 or so militants, led by right-wing activists Ammon Bundy and his two brothers, seized the refuge headquarters and have been occupying the area since early January. The Paiute Tribe once occupied a large swath of land that includes the Malheur National Wildlife refuge — archaeological evidence dates back 6,000 years — but they were forced out in the late 1870s. Before settlers arrived, the tribe used it as a wintering ground, said Charlotte Roderique, the tribal chair, "We as a tribe view that this is still our land no matter who's living on it." To honor of our fellow Oregon Tribe, and at their request for support, the Klamath Tribal Council sent forth a letter showing our support of their rights as the indigenous people of that land. For more information you can google: Oregon Stand Off at: www.oregonlive.com

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By Cari M. Carpenter Reprinted from Indian Country Today MEDIA NETWORK Sarah Winnemucca isn’t a name known by many—her surname is more likely identified as a town in Nevada than the last name of one of the nineteenth century’s most prominent American Indian writers and activists. Author of Life Among the Piutes, one of the first published narratives by a Native American, she made frequent headlines for her vocal support of indigenous rights. One of her most long-lasting campaigns was to restore her people, the Northern Paiutes, to the Malheur Reservation, which was created in 1872 by the U.S. government. In January 1879, following the Bannock War, residents of the reservation were forced to travel 350 miles to the Yakama Indian Reservation after an ill-informed decision to punish the Northern Paiutes, many of whom had supported the US against the Bannocks in the War. Even the so-called “hostiles” in the war were motivated by the usual: colonialist land encroachment and resource exploitation. Because of our collective amnesia about both Winnemucca and Malheur, I was surprised to see the site make first-page news across the country last week, when members of a militia group took over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in order to protest the US government’s possession and management of public lands in the West. Malheur—known now mainly to birders who prize species like the Sandhill Crane—has been a contentious site before. Nineteenth-century newspaper articles that Carolyn Sorisio and I published in the collectionThe Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’s Campaign for American Indian Rights 1864-1891(University of Nebraska Press 2015) indicate that the rightful owner of Malheur was a contested question long before the militia’s current occupation. The Malheur Indian Reservation was established for the Northern Paiutes in 1872 by President Grant. When Winnemucca arrived a few years later, she reported that Agent Charles Parrish dealt fairly with the Paiutes. Trouble broke out in 1876, however, when President Grant’s “Peace Policy” replaced Parrish with a “Christian” man—William Rinehart—who proved a cruel and corrupt leader. The Bannock War soon followed. The Northern Paiutes found that Winnemucca’s heroic fidelity to the US was not rewarded in the aftermath to the Bannock War, when the residents of Malheur were ordered to move to the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington Territory. At Yakama, where, Winnemucca reported, “not an Indian was ever taught the alphabet,” Paiutes were denied the education they had received at Malheur. She also reported that her people weren’t adequately reimbursed for their work and, if paid, were later stripped of their earnings: “Yes, poorer in clothes. Poorer in horses. Poorer in victuals; in every thing. We have lost 53 head of horses, and have left 257 head. Our sick have been poorly cared for, and many have died for want of something to eat. Now, can anyone blame us for wanting to go back to our own country?” By November 1879 it was reported that no Indians remained at Malheur. In response to Winnemucca’s appeals to return the Paiutes to the original reservation, government agents threatened to kill anyone who tried to do so. In 1880 Winnemucca went to Washington DC to argue for reinstatement at Malheur. While there she testified in front of a subcommittee of the US Congress: what was surely a lonely enterprise as the only American Indian, and likely the only woman, in the room. She left the nation’s capital with what she thought was a victory: the administration promised that the Paiutes would be returned to Malheur. This promise was ultimately rejected, however, by a local agent. In her lectures across the East, Winnemucca continued her tireless campaign for Malheur. TheBaltimore American described a speech she gave in that city in January of 1884: Princess Winnemucca, daughter of the chief of the Piute Indians, delivered her first lecture on the sufferings of her tribe, at the Friends’ Meeting House, Lombard Street, last night. There was a large audience, and the Indian Princess not only interested her hearers, but moved a number to tears by her simple eloquence in describing the terrible suffering members of her tribe experienced while traveling from Malheur reservation

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Oregon, to the Yakima reservation, Washington Territory . . . She began by telling how comfortably her tribe was living on the Malheur reservation when their agent received a letter from Washington asking if they would give up their land. They replied that they would not sell, for they were happy and living at peace, and instructed the agent to write to the President. She then detailed the horrific move to Yakama: At this point Princess Winnemucca was moved to tears, but continuing she told in a graphic manner a terrible tale of suffering. “By force we were moved away. Soldiers were sent for and I was told to gather my people together. I did, going from place to place, and in one month's time the President's order came to Major Cochran to move all my Indians across the Blue Mountains and Columbia river to the Yakima reservation, Washington Territory. Our condition at that time was terrible. We were ragged, half-starved, and had nothing. Major Cochran, in the kindness of his heart, did the best he could for us. He dressed the men in soldiers’ uniforms, but he had no clothes for the women. So we began the march from Camp Harding. Amid all that snow and cold it took us one month to go three hundred miles, for at times we could only go five or six miles a day. Amid her tears the Princess said: “Many a time at night I would see a poor woman come into camp crying, and the civilized women would laugh at her. Why was she crying– because she was tired or cold? No; but because her baby was lying in her arms frozen to death! Old men left in wagons over night perished in the cold, and next morning were dumped out on the road with nothing to cover them but the snow.” Here the tears choked her utterance for a while, but, continuing, she said: “Thrown away as you would treat a hog! When we arrived at Yakima we were turned over like a drove of cattle–so many men, women and children. “ After the war Rinehart and others pressured the government to close Malheur as an Indian Reservation, opening it up to ranching interests. In the remaining years of the century, the site became an infamous location for plume hunters who killed birds to support the burgeoning hat industry. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt restored Malheur as a preserve for native birds. Improvements to the refuge were made in the 1930s with the establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Today, the Burns Paiute Tribe claims the refuge and the surrounding area as their ancestral land, as affirmed by an 1868 treaty with the US government. As Chairwoman Charlotte Roderique recently remarked on the occupation: “It belongs to the native people who continue to live here. The Malheur Wildlife Refuge is an important place for us. We have no sympathy for those who are trying to take the land from its rightful owners.” Given that the refuge itself is currently owned as public land by the United States, its “rightful owners” remain in question. Regardless, the militia are certainly not the only ones—nor the first—to lay claim to it. Cari M. Carpenter is Associate Professor of English at West Virginia University, where she is also a core member of the Native American Studies Program. She has published three books: The Newspaper Warrior: Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins’s Public Campaign for American Indian Rights, 1864-1891 (co-edited with Carolyn Sorisio; University of Nebraska Press 2015); Selected Writings of Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and Eugenics(University of Nebraska Press 2010); and Seeing Red: Anger, Sentimentality, and American Indians (The Ohio State University Press 2008).

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Sprague River, Oregon – On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, Klamath & Lake Community Action Services (KLCAS) will conduct their annual Point-in-Time (PIT) count. KLCAS encourages homeless individuals to attend this event from 11:00-1:00 PM at the Chemult Fire Station. KLCAS’s count, in addition to others in our area, measures both the number of homeless people in shelters and the number of homeless people who are unsheltered—i.e., people who are sleeping any place unfit for human habitation, such as the street, a car, or an abandoned building. This helps the community plan services and programs to better address needs, measure progress, recognize community strengths, identify gaps in the support system, and overcome homelessness. Last year, the PIT count revealed 258 homeless individuals in Klamath and Lake Counties. To encourage the homeless community to gather for a Point-in-Time count, KLCAS offers a Winter Give-A-Way, an annual event providing a hot meal and winter supplies such as coats, blankets, hats, and gloves. There will be similar events at the Klamath Assembly of God Gymnasium on 235 S. Laguna St in Klamath Falls on January 27 from 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM and at the Chemult Fire Station in Chemult on January 28 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. More information on all of these events is available by calling (541)882-3500 or at www.klcas.org.

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The Klamath Basin Behavioral Health Chiloquin office has now closed.

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This week for Chiloquin from NOAA:

Weather Update for Southern Oregon and Northern California from Ryanweather.com, Sunday Jan 24th A warm front is now pushing into the area this morning and it will bring another round of light rain to the valleys and snow to the mountains. This front will split and send the bulk of the rainfall to the north and south of the region. Once the front shifts out of the region late tonight into Monday morning another ridge of high pressure will begin to build and strengthen. The ridge will keep weaker systems focused on the coastal zones northward. With this pattern in place we will likely see a return of patchy fog, burning off to mostly sunny skies in the afternoon hours for most inland valley locations. There is also a slight chance of showers in the evening hours on Tuesday as a weak front attempts to ride over the top of the ridge. We will begin to see the ridge weaken and shift to the east by as early as Wednesday evening. By Thursday the chance of seeing measurable rainfall increases again with rain likely across much of the area Thursday night. The models continue to advertise an atmospheric river event late next week and continuing into early next weekend. Very heavy rainfall will be likely along the coast extending into Western Siskiyou County. Sadly the models have trended warmer over the last 24 hours with snow levels increasing to around 8,500-9,000 feet in elevation. This is not good news at all for the snow pack across our region, and it will contribute to another round of potential flooding on area rivers and streams. The one good bit of news is that snow levels look to drop back to below 5,000 feet by as early as late Friday into Saturday. We are still looking for a potential low elevation snow event by Sunday the 31st through Tuesday the 2nd of February. This could pose significant travel issues for a wide area.

All five bright planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – will appear together in the morning sky from about January 20 to February 20, 2016. That hasn’t happened since 2005. Since Mercury will appear very close to the horizon, find a nice open spot, away from tall buildings or trees. Getting as far away from city lights is also advisable, so each planet's glow isn't too drowned out by light pollution. Venus and Jupiter, however, should be fairly easy to spot and Mars’ distinctive red glow should give itself away. If you can find one of these planets, just hold up your arm so it’s in line with it and the Moon – the rest should fall vaguely in line with your arm.

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NOAA satellite image of the storm Tian Tian is pretty excited about all of the snow the blizzard brought to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Photo via Meteorología de Almería.

Cars buried in deep snow in Neptune, New Jersey. Photo: George Kourounis Up to 3 ft of snow in Hedgesville, West Virginia, Photo: Tammy Prather

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Meanwhile in Turkey and other places…. Hakkari, Turke, Thursday. Photo: Celal Pekgül via Severe Weather Turkey

Arda Gedik is reporting up to 5 ft of snow (sea-effect snowfall from the Black Sea) in

Gürgentepe, N Turkey!

Usually, towering rock formations are the main attractions at City Of Rocks National Reserve in Idaho. However, recent conditions there gave us this awesome sight: a sun halo. Ice crystals suspended in the winter air catch the sunlight and produce this dazzling effect. Photo by National Park Service.

Snow in Madinah and Makkah, Saudi Arabia for the

first time in a generation! Source: Fascinating Pictures via twitter

@Fascinatingpics

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A study published Tuesday in the journal Peerj by researchers at North Carolina State University found that we share our houses with over 500 species of arthropods — you know, insects, spiders and other creepy crawlies. In the first study of its kind, the researchers visited 50 homes near Raleigh, North Carolina and searched high and low for multi-legged cohabitants, ending up with more than 10,000 samples. Read the whole story here.

Watch a hummingbird build her nest

and don’t miss

The Dance Of The Blue Manakin

USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System The California condor, with a wingspan of 9.5 feet, is the largest land bird in North America. Once, they ranged from California to Florida and Western Canada to Northern Mexico. But due to habitat loss, by 1982, there were only 23 condors in the wild. Their status has much improved. Since 1992, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has worked with a host of partners in reintroducing captive-bred condors to the wild. In 2008 the California Condor Recovery Program reached a milestone when more birds flew in the wild than were in captivity. Today, the California condor population is estimated to be over 420 birds. Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge in CA has played a critical role in the Recovery Program and by providing safe roosting and foraging habitat. Photo by Loi Nguyen, Audubon Photography Awards: http://bit.ly/1T4SMqA About the California Condor Recovery Program: http://1.usa.gov/1UdHsXB About Hopper Mountain Refuge, CA: http://1.usa.gov/1lyPGh2

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DOGLOO brand Igloo dog house for sale. In Chiloquin $20.00 903-277-6561

Joan’s website: http://www.knittedcreatures.com

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.

Fresh Brown Ranch Eggs Available now:

X Large Eggs - $2.50 a Dozen, Jumbo - $3.00 a Dozen

Local Honey $9.00 a Pint

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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Call Josef & Rhonda Kruhler @ 541-533-2148

Sorry to report that there is no updated Events Calendar from Mata this month.

Monarchs and milkweed - the extent and causes of their decline will be discussed on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 10:30 a.m. as part of the Northside Garden Club meeting. The program will be at the Klamath County Library. For more information click on www.fws.gov/savethemonarch or call 541-883-8119. An Update on Soil Survey Activities in Klamath County - Chris Gebauer - February Klamath Basin Chapter Meeting February 04, 2016 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM DOW 251 (Dow Center for Health Professions) on the OIT campus. This will be an overview of on-going soil survey work in Klamath County, some unique soils found in the area, and correlations between soils, ecological sites and plant associations. We'll discuss some soil temperature and soil moisture studies that are part of the soil mapping project, and look at some examples of andisols, spodosols, vernal pool soils, organic soils, and their associated vegetative communities. ROSS RAGLAND THEATER 2015 winter community musical "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (revised)" runs Jan 22 to 31. Tickets $18, $23, $29 For theater information: RRT LINKVILLE PLAYHOUSE 'Vino Veritas' opens next weekend Written by David McGregor and directed by Laura Allen. The plot revolves around a blue elixir that is a "truth serum" for couples before their wedding night. Nine performances starting Friday Jan. 15. runs through Saturday, Feb. 6. with a Sunday matinee on Jan. 16. Tickets are $14, $12, $11. More information: Linkville

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Fish Lake Resort – Winter hours, beginning Nov. 13. www.FishLakeResort.net. 541 949-8500.

Crystalwood Lodge – Full-lodge retreats and family gatherings throughout the year.

info@crystalwoodlodge.com or 541-381-2322.

Lake of the Woods Resort – Marina Grill open weekends, with once-a-month prime rib. 1-866-201-4194.

www.lakeofthewoodsresort.com.

Rocky Point Resort – Closed for the season. www.RockyPointOregon.com. 541 356-2287

Odessa Store – Open 8 AM – 8 PM, with groceries and quick-stop supplies, liquor store, propane, gas & diesel.

541 356-2272.

Harriman Springs Resort – Now serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Wed. – Sun. 541 356-0900.

Quilting Sisters – Open 6 days a week. 541 356-2218.

Gardens of Joy – Native bedding plants and more. 541 973-3956.

Dump open – Sat., 8:30 – 4

Library & Quilt – Tuesdays, 9 – noon.

Fire Department Number – 541 205-4934.

Find more to do at: www.craterlakesbackyard.com

Valentines Day Brunch

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Time: 10 am – 12 pm.

Where: Sprague River Community Center

What’s available: quiche, frittata, biscuits and gravy, fruit salad and beverages

(Also available - our delectable candies, including those sinful Truffles!)

Donation: $5/Adults, $3/Children

Sponsored by the Lioness Club of Sprague River!

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ChiloQuilters Meet on Thursdays from 11:00 AM into the afternoon at Two Rivers 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 (541-783-3879) 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

Tai Chi practise Tai Chi practice is planned for Fridays at 10 am at the Chiloquin Community Center. No charge .. all donations cheerfully accepted to support our Community Center. Tai Chi practice is helpful in improving balance and is relaxing. Everyone is welcome as this practise is gentle. No equipment or "workout clothing" is needed. Just be there. Any questions? Call Sandi Selk at 541.281.4572

Yoga practise (and I emphasize the word practise) Monday practise is geared toward those over 55 and currently is from 9:00 am to 9:55 am. at the Chiloquin Community Center. No charge, but donations for CVIP will be gratefully accepted. Any questions, call Lorna 541-783-2238.

Alcoholics Anonymous Arrowhead Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 301 Chiloquin Blvd. Chiloquin Christian Center every Tuesday from 6pm to 7pm. All are welcome. We have step study and Big book meetings. Youth are encouraged to come. Please contact Pastor Seybold at 541-783-2344 for the church. We hope to see you here. The Friday Night Chiloquin AA Meeting meets every Friday @ 6:00 PM in the Community Center in Downtown Chiloquin on First Street. This is an "Open Meeting." All are welcome and wanted. The first Friday of each month we will begin with a potluck with a special AA meeting following dinner. The third Friday of each month we will participate in a 12 Step Study or a Big Book Study. All other meetings will be open discussion of the Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Program. Come join your friends in celebrating and participating in Recovery and Sobriety.

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

Adult Recovery Support Group “Iron Circle” Sponsored by the Klamath Tribal health and Family Services Youth and Family Guidance Center. Chiloquin on Wednesdays 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.

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FCE (Family and Community Education)

Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9:30. Meetings are open to all. We have a pot luck each month along with the lessons presented by a member. For the location and directions to the next meeting, please call Sandie Bolyard at 541-892-2336. Locally, FCE raises money for college scholarships for our Chiloquin High School Seniors. Money is raised through fund-raising projects such as a Thanksgiving turkey dinner fixings raffle with tickets being sold at Kirchers Hardware; Christmas Boutique at the Chiloquin Community Center; Kaleidoscope of Learning at Mazama High School in Klamath Falls. We are very active in our community and you will find FCE volunteers at many local events. Oregon FCE is a non-profit organization of volunteers who have worked on such issues as improving sanitary requirements in hospitals, women’s labor laws, requirements for high school teachers, and funding for the state library. Nationally, we began the school hot lunch program and pushed for bookmobile libraries. FCE asked for and got money from the legislature to fund an OSU research study on the dental caries problem in Oregon. We’ve studied our county governments and monitored their activities; worked on county and state fair boards to improve their quality; sponsored programs on rural road safety, farm safety, home safety, bike safety, Defensive Driving courses, campaigns to get the drunk drivers off the road, and child seatbelt laws. Current educational programs focus on the environment, children and television, literacy, and global issues. Current concerns include addressing the growing need for food banks, for shelters for the homeless, and for reducing the violence against women and children. Oregon FCE members donate thousands of volunteer hours and dollars to these causes.

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

Chiloquin Book Club 4th Thursday of every month at 1:30 PM – Chiloquin Library.

Chiloquin - Agency Lake RFPD Board Meeting 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 pm. 127 S First Ave., Chiloquin

Chiloquin Vector Control The Chiloquin Vector Control District Board of Trustees meets on the 4th Wednesday 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.

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High Desert Trail Riders Back Country Horsemen The GENERAL MEETING is held at 7PM on the second Tuesday of the month at Elmer's. 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 Friends of the Chiloquin Library 1st Wednesday 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 Thursday of every month from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM at the Chiloquin Fire Station. 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.

Chiloquin Food Pantry The Chiloquin Food Pantry Board Meeting is on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 1:00p.m. People of the community are welcome to come. Only board members are allowed to vote on issues.

Volunteer Fire Fighters – "What if you had an emergency and no one came?” Become a Volunteer Firefighter! 783-3860.

Volunteer Ambulance Service - 783-3131

Two Rivers 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. Board Meeting 2nd Monday of each month @ 6 PM in the school office building. 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

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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

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

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, Wednesdays 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.

Chiloquin Visions in Progress (CVIP) CVIP operates the Chiloquin Community Center, the Chiloquin Learns After School program, the Writer in Residence 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 Wednesday of the month at 6PM in the Community Center conference room.

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The Chiloquin News is an email newsletter of events in Chiloquin, Oregon. 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 information posted in the CN is by submissions to the CN. It is the policy of the Chiloquin News not to 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 Archived copies of the ChiloquinNews can be found at http://chiloquinnews.wordpress.com/