Visitors Guide 2019 by Gerard O'Brien

ACTIVITIES & EVENTS IN KLAMATH, LAKE, MODOC AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES

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Our annual Klamath Life: Visitor guide is the publication you need to pick up (and hold on to) to find out what there is to do in the Klamath Basin all summer long; from touring Crater Lake National Park to spelunking at Lava Beds National Monument. And all points in between lead to lots of fun adventures for you and the family in the Basin. Our Visitor guide is the most comprehensive, upto-date publication you can find. For instance: We have a downtown, outdoor street fair every Third Thursday throughout the summer. It includes food trucks, unique gift kiosks and live music. Stores stay open late as customers stroll along Main Street unhindered by car traffic. If fly fishing is your thing; we have the Williamson, Wood, Sprague, Link and Klamath rivers. Guides are best if you’re new to the area, but local fly shops can give you lots of tips, too. And a seasoned fisherman talks trout in an article featured in this publication. There’ boating and sailing on Upper Klamath Lake; July Fourth will have a large regatta of racing sailboats on the lake. There’s one of the biggest car show in the Basin dubbed the Kruise of Klamath; and music, concerts, theater and dining for every taste. Also this July Fourth, a special concert of Eagles music will be on tap at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. The No. 1 Eagles tribute band, Eaglemania, will be on hand to play just prior to the Inde-

pendence Day fireworks show. If fresh veggies and plants are your thing, every Saturday morning the Klamath Falls Farmers Market sets up downtown, with lots of offerings from local growers and artisans. Master Gardeners are on hand to lend advice about what to grow in the Basin and when to plant. Crater Lake is the big daddy attraction of them all, of course. There’s so much more to do at the lake than to stand on the rim and gaze across it; though that’s pretty impressive in itself. There are boat tours, cycling the rim, hiking numerous trails and even fishing for trout off Wizard Island. If kayaking is your thing or you wish it were, our rivers are full up and ready to take you on an adventure or a slow-paced tour. The Wood, at its headwaters at Kimball State Park, is a great place to put in. The water is crystal clear and the pace nice and slow. If you like caving, Lave Beds is the best for beginner to expert. There are numerous caves with easy access and a driving loop to pull off and pick your spot. Lave Beds has rangers on site and a staff willing to help you find the right experience. Plus, the area is a hotspot for history, especially from the Modoc War of the late 1800s. If you’re a foodie — and who isn’t – Klamath Falls sports a wide variety of restaurants from Mexican to Thai and all kinds of trendy meals in between. There are the staple chains as well. So, hang onto this copy of Visitor, as it has a full calendar of events through the summer and into fall. Enjoy, and if you’ve missed something, plan to come back next year. For more information visit www.heraldandnews.com or www.discoverklamath.com.

Inside: CRATER LAKE: A season of wonder awaits. Page 4 LAVA BEDS: Caves, trails, history and more at national monument. Page 8 DOWNTOWN FEST: Third Thursday events bring community together. Page 14 THE FULL DISH: Get a Klamath foodie’s tips on the best dishes around. Page 11 CREEPY & KOOKY: Addams family musical comes to the Ross Ragland. Page 15 PADDLE ON: Sky Lakes Wilderness Rentals fills recreational niche. Page 19 LIGHTNING STRIKES: Sailboat races include new class on Upper Klamath. Page 22 SPEAK TROUT: Practice the six essentials of fishy linguistic success. Page 24

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CRATER LAKE N A T I O N A L

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a season of wonder awaits By LEE JUILLERAT: For the Herald and News

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ny time is a good time to visit Crater Lake National Park, but this summer has an added bonus. With the possibility of several projects that could impact visitors envisioned for 2020, this is a good year to see and explore the park.

As usual, getting started on things to see and do depends on the 33-mile-long Rim Drive that loops around the lake open. Heavy February snow, combined with the five-week federal government shutdown that closed the park, and ongoing problems with snow removal equipment, have slowed the road opening. Still, Superintendent Craig Ackerman hoped in early May that the North Entrance Road would be open on or near the Memorial Day weekend with other sections open as warmer temperatures and longer days help snowplow crews. Ackerman said people have become accustomed to early Rim Drive openings because of several years of below-average snow. “This is more typical, this is the way it used to be,” he said, referring to the 2018-19 snowfall, which was still below the 524-inch long-term average. Rim Drive is often not totally cleared of snow until July and sometimes closes in September because of early snow. “And when we do have good weather, we have 300,000 (visitors) a month (in July and August). No one understands the snow amounts until they come up here and see it,” Ackerman said. In recent summers, visitors

have sometimes had delays while driving because of road projects but, “Visitors aren’t going to see any major work this year.” The planned projects — completing construction of a water well at Annie Springs, removing hazard trees, trail maintenance and restoration, re-vegetation and rehabilitation work in areas impacted by forest fires, and finalizing a comprehensive trail management plan — aren’t expected to impact visitors. And, if trends in recent years continue, visitation should continue at historic levels. Despite smoke from neighboring forest fires, the estimated number of visitations in 2018, 770,000, was the second highest ever. The most visits, 805,000, were recorded in 2016 while 2017 had 761,000. Added parking is being provided at Picnic Hill, the former campground at Rim Village. Something visitors probably won’t notice is a change in concession services operations. Crater Lake Hospitality, a subsidiary of Aramark, which operates in many large national parks, is beginning its first year handling concession operations at both Crater Lake and Oregon Caves National Monument. See WONDER, page 6

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From the top: This is a good year to visit Crater Lake National Park as most summer projects won’t affect park guests. In recent summers visitors have sometimes had delays while driving because of road projects.

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WONDER, from page 5 Plans to replace the park’s fleet of boats used for lake tours, originally planned this summer, were shelved to allow Crater Lake Hospitality to operate the ranger-led lake tours to see how new boats should be reconfigured. “There are far more people who want to take tours than we can handle,” Ackerman said, who hopes the new boats will carry more passengers and have quieter engines. “I’d rather give Crater Lake Hospitality an extra year to get the right design.” Along with the ranger-narrated two-hour around-the-lake tours, other boat tours and shuttles allow visitors to stay at Wizard Island for several hours to fish, swim or hike up and back to the island’s caldera. Tickets for all tours should be bought in advance. Tours begin and end at the Cleetwood Cove boat dock, a 1.1-mile one-way hike from Rim Drive’s Cleetwood Cove parking area. It’s an easy downhill, but the 700-foot climb back can be challenging, especially because of the park’s high elevation, about 7,000 feet above sea level along most of Rim Drive. Contact the Crater Lake Lodge or read “Reflections,” the park’s visitor guide, for information on boat tours. Surface perspective An easier way to view the lake is a two-hour, ranger-narrated tour on the Crater Lake Trolley. The trolley stops at selected viewpoints. If driving a personal vehicle, recommended viewpoints — clockwise from Rim Village — include Discovery Point, the North Junction, Cloudcap, Pumice Castle and the gotta-stop Phantom Ship Overlook. For people willing to walk to viewpoints, the 0.8-mile Sun Notch Trail is an easy choice for panoramic lake views. Other hikes with lake views include the 1.5-mile walk to The Watchman, 3.6-mile climb to Garfield Peak and 4.4-mile hilly trek to Mount Scott. The trails require more time and energy but provide eye-popping vistas. Rangers lead day hikes up Garfield and, evening walks up The Watchman for night sky vistas. Details on ranger-led hikes are provided in “Reflections” or the visitor contact stations. Worth a visit is the historic Crater Lake Lodge, which is located in Rim Village and overlooks the lake. Rooms are

National Parks Service photo courtesy of L. Powell

Focus: A knothole provides a unique perspective of Crater Lake.

usually sold out in advance but it’s always a treat to visit the Great Hall or view the lake from deck chairs on the outside patio. The dining room provides three meals a day, with reservations especially suggested for dinner. Ranger-narrated lodge talks are offered during the summer. For people wanting to see more than the lake, there are several scenic short hikes. During mid-summer, the half-mile Castle

Crest Wildflower Garden loop trail offers a textbook variety of flowers. The secondmost visited trail — Cleetwood Cove Trail is No. 1 — is the 2-mile out-and-back to Plaikni Falls, an easy walk through an oldgrowth forest to the waterfall. Most of the trail is usable to wheelchairs with assistance, although the last section has a short, steep climb. See WONDER, page 7

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WONDER, from page 6 Slightly more challenging is the 1.75 mile Annie Creek Trail, a loop trail that winds through a deep stream-cut canyon. For history buffs, the 0.7-mile Lady of the Woods loop trail is the stuff of fascination. A self-guided trail brochure explains how park architects integrated their designs with the natural landscape and the history of the trail’s namesake Lady of the Woods, a sculpture of a woman carved into a boulder alongside the trail. Easy to overlook is the park’s most informative overlook, the Sinnot Memorial. Perched on a rock ledge behind the Rim Visitor Contact Station, it features an indoor exhibit room and an open parapet with spectacular lake views. Most helpfully, the relief model and extremely instructional exhibits explain the park’s geology and ongoing lake research. Ranger talks are presented daily during the summer. Because the overlook is located down a steep, historic walkway with stairs, it is not accessible to people with limited mobility. New this summer will be expanded night sky programs, with eight sessions planned from various overlooks. “That’s probably the big thing,” said Marsha McCabe, Crater Lake’s information officer and chief naturalist. Before you go: Information on park programs and current road conditions is available at the park’s website at www.nps.gov/crla, by calling 541-594-3000, in the seasonal issue of the park newspaper “Reflections,” or by stopping at the Rim Village Visitor Center and the Steel Visitor Center in Munson Valley. Along with the Crater Lake Lodge, overnight possibilities include The Cabins at Mazama Village and the 214-site developed Mazama Campground near the park’s south entrance and the 16-unit, lessdeveloped Lost Creek Campground on The Pinnacles Road. Food and dining is also offered at the Rim Village CafeGift Shop and the Annie Creek Restaurant. Groceries, camping supplies and gasoline are available at the Mazama Village Store.

National Parks Service photo courtesy of Jeff Bauer

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 Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States. and is fed by rain and snow (but no rivers or streams).  Crater Lake is considered to be the cleanest large body of water in the world. The water is exceptional for its clarity and intense blue color.  The lake rests inside a caldera formed approximately 7,700 years ago when a 12,000-foot-tall volcano collapsed following a major eruption. The eruption may have been the largest in North America in the past 640,000 years.  Later eruptions formed Wizard Island, a cinder cone near the southwest shore. — National Parks Service

Over the horizon: Evening walks up to The Watchman Overlook offer night sky vistas. Lady of the Woods: A short trail reveals a bit of history, and a park fascination, the shape of a woman carved into a boulder.

National Parks Service photo courtesy of Emily Hunter

Winter blanket: The peak of the Rim Village Cafe & Gift shop can be seen beneath a blanket of snow in early March.

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LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

Wonder upon Wonder By LEE JUILLERAT For the Herald and News

ome places are single-visit stops, places where you admire the view or see a famous sight, then maybe buy a postcard or snack and drive on to the next peek-a-boo attraction.

Not at Lava Beds National Monument. Not at a place with dozens of caves to visit, not at a place where trails lead to a surprising variety of surprises, some featuring incredible awe-inspiring geology, some offering insights into the region’s human history. No. 1 on the human history list is Captain Jack’s Stronghold. Seeing it allows visitors to understand how a small band of Modoc Indians thwarted the invasion of far larger numbers of Army troops during the Modoc War of 187273. On a sunny summer day imagine the fears the soldiers surely experienced while attempting to overrun to

the lava fortress on a foggy winter day, or gain a sense of what the Modocs, including their families, endured during the many miserably chilling days and nights they huddled in their natural fortification. Drop into Captain Jack’s Cave and imagine spending weeks and months huddled in rocky discomfort. An inner loop trail is a halfmile long while the outer loop is 1.5 miles. A brochure helps illuminate the Stronghold’s history, and guided ranger-led tours are periodically scheduled. See LAVA BEDS, page 10

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LAVA BEDS, from page 8 Another historic war site is Gillems Camp. Until the early 1900s, Gillems Camp was located on the shores of old Tule Lake. Along with its history as the main U.S. Army camp in 1873, Gillems Camp was a camp for early Native Americans and, much later, the site of a pre-World War II era Civilian Conservation Corps camp. An easy, self-guided trail with interpretive panels provides context on the site’s long history. And, if you’re literally up for a challenge, hike the uphill trail to Gillems Bluff for birds-eye views of Lava Beds’ dramatic volcanic landscape. The trail climbs 550 feet in elevation in three-quarters of a mile. Summer is also a time to visit some, or several, of the park’s more than 770 lava tube caves. They range in difficulty from easy to wildly difficult. Some of the most developed, easiest, and easiest to access, are just a short drive from the park’s visitor center along Cave Loop Road. Among the least difficult along the 2-mile long Cave Loop Road are Blue Grotto, Ovis, Paradise Alley, Lower and Upper Sentinel and, not far from Mushpot, Indian Well. Except for Mushpot, none are lighted or developed. Flashlights can be borrowed at the visitor center. Along Cave Loop Along with the easy to access Cave Loop caves, other fascinating, relatively easy caves are within a short driving distance, including Valentine, Merrill and Skull. Cave entrances at Symbol Bridge and Big Painted Cave feature pictographs on boulders and walls. Ranger-guided hikes to various caves are offered during summer months. Stop at the visitor center for information and suggestions. Before visiting any park caves, stops at the visitor center are required to learn about and, if necessary, take precautionary measures aimed at preventing the spread of white-nose syndrome, a disease that’s spread to the Western United States that has been devastating bat populations. Among the geologic features is Fleener Chimneys, a spatter cone and the source of the Devils Homestead aa flow. As interpretative signs along the short trail explain, Fleener Chimneys was created as “erupting globs of molten lava piled atop each other

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Echoes of Rome: Catacombs Cave gets its name from J.D. Howard, a Klamath Falls millwright who discovered, explored and named many of Lava Beds’ major caves.

like sticky oatmeal,” leaving a 50-foot deep chimney in its center. There’s human history, too. The picnic tables were built by Civilian Conservation Corps crews while the massive logs were carted more than a hundred miles from what is now Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. With enough time, other possibilities include Petroglyph Point, where there are more examples of Native American rock art than any other place in California; the ThomasWright Battlefield and the adjacent Black Crater; and Schonchin Butte, where a three-quarters of a mile uphill leads to a seasonally occupied fire lookout built by CCC crews. Angela Sutton, Lava Beds acting chief interpreter, said to-beannounced ranger-led outings will begin in June, with programs offered daily until Labor Day. Evening programs will also be held at the Indian Well Campground. Among special summer events include a Junior Ranger Day on July 20 and an Astronomy Star Party on Aug. 3. The Junior Ranger Day will feature 10 to 15 hands-on activities for young visitors. For updated information visit the Lava Beds website at www.nps.gov/ labe or call 530- 667-8113.

TULE LAKE NATIONAL MONUMENT The Tule Lake National Monument includes both the Tule Lake Segregation Center, the largest and most controversial of 10 World War II sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated, and Camp Tulelake, a former Civilian Conservation Corps site that was transformed into a prisoner of war camp during World War II. Although affiliated with Lava Beds, Tule Lake also has a visitor center at the TulelakeButte Valley Fairgrounds in Tulelake. The center is staffed daily between the Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. It features a variety of exhibits, including part of a barracks, a section of a guard tower, a mural of the camp and other items. Ranger-guided tours from the fairgrounds to the segregation center jail and to the CCC camps limited to 20 people are offered Saturdays between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Segregation center tours begin at 10 a.m. and last about two hours while the Camp Tulelake tours begin at 1 p.m. and last about an hour. Reservations can be made by calling 530-260-0537. Arrangements can also be made for group tours.

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Insights from a Klamath foodie By LUKE OVGARD: For the Herald and News

n 2018, The Oregonian cited a report that found Portland, Oregon, to be the “Best Foodie City” in the United States. It doesn’t take much time in Portland to see why. Given the level of culinary excellence in our most populous city, it’s easy for Oregonians to overlook the smaller cities and towns spread across the state. In reality, the entire state is a foodie paradise, including small cities in the Oregon Outback like good ol’ Klamath Falls.

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Eye opener: Gathering Grounds Roastery makes the best coffee in town, but they also have the most unique breakfast sandwich.

... this is your chance to look through the eyes of a foodie and see what unique and exciting food options exist right here in Klamath Falls.

My background You’re probably wondering what “the fishing guy” knows about food, and that’s fair. Or fare. Well, in order to fish, I travel. A lot. In my travels, I cover a lot of miles in the air and on the ground, and I love to try new things. There’s no food I won’t try once, and of every familiar and exotic food I’ve eaten, there are just a handful I wouldn’t eat again by choice: American-style ketchup (Europeanand Kiwi-style are edible), pickled kalamata olives (much too salty), raw trout roe (surprisingly not my worst decision in college) and head cheese (it looks as bad as it tastes). Notice the snails, gator, snake, sea urchin, jellyfish, cow testicles, liver and a host of other adventurous foods are not on that list. Like most American men, my favorite foods are savory, but I never shy away from sweets. See FOODIE, page 12

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FOODIE, from page 11

Fortunately, Liège waffles, pronounced like leech but with a soft “j” sound and named for a city in Belgium, are a firmer, denser, slightly sweetened waffle that came on the scene at just the right time. Waffle Hut’s California Dreamin’ is a Liège waffle with fresh strawberries, avocado and a light drizzle of “EVOO” or extra virgin olive oil. It tastes good with or without syrup and pairs well with a few scrambled eggs.

In short, I like to eat food, but I love to eat good food. Klamath Falls Life in Klamath Falls is like the elevator business: it has its ups and downs. The downs certainly include a lack of food variety. Would I love to see a true seafood restaurant enough to write a rhetorical question I’m going to answer myself? Yes. Same with Indian, Ethiopian, tapas, ramen, Brazilian churrascaria, Himalayan, German, Caribbean and Middle Eastern, but if life gives you lemons, appreciate the zest without wanting for limes. This feature is not intended to highlight the excellent traditional restaurants. I don’t need to highlight Mexican food, diners, burgers or pizza we have because you already know about Sergio’s and Casey’s and Old Town Pizza. No, this is your chance to look through the eyes of a foodie and see what unique and exciting food options exist right here in Klamath Falls. I’ve put together a menu for an entire day here in Klamath Falls with two choices for each meal. Hopefully you enjoy these meals as much as I do. BREAKFAST Save for maybe Ron Swanson of “Parks and Recreation” fame, nobody loves breakfast more than me. I’ll try to stop my heart with traditional omelets, Benedicts, biscuits and gravy, blueberry pancakes, waffles, French toast or breakfast burritos any chance I get. Instead, consider these two breakfast options that are just a little bit outside the norm. BREAKFAST OPTION 1 Location: Gathering Grounds Roastery

LUNCH

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Mmmm mmm goodness: Terra Veg’s Falafel Sandwich has a lot going for it. Homemade hummus. Homemade falafel. Homemade pita bread. Not to mention the veggies...

Drink: Pour-Over or Cold Brew Coffee Main course: English Muffin Sandwich If you’re in a hurry, look no further than Gathering Grounds. Start by selecting from their rotating offering of houseroasted coffee in a Pour-Over or Cold Brew. I like to add a little cream to cut the acid, but excellent coffee is great black, and theirs is no exception. Pair that with an English Muffin Sandwich. This isn’t your typical diner fare. It’s an English muffin coated with pesto and filled with sharp cheddar, cagefree eggs, and prosciutto that is grilled in a panini press.

The pleasant crunchy-onthe-outside, gooey-on-theinside texture is nothing short of heavenly. BREAKFAST OPTION 2 Location: Waffle Hut Drink: Coffee Main course: California Dreamin’ Waffle Yes, Waffle Hut is as much a greasy spoon as any other diner, but where they differ is in their unique menu offerings. Since mid-priced hotel chains started including Belgian waffles with their continental breakfast, I’ve gone back and forth, waffled really, on whether I still love Belgian waffles.

During the school year, I work a job that only has a 30-minute lunch break at a school some 10 minutes from the nearest restaurant. During the summer, I fish dawn-todusk, usually skipping lunch or grabbing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and an apple. Needless to say, lunch isn’t a big part of my life. So when I sit and eat lunch at a restaurant, it’s a true luxury that I take time to appreciate. Klamath has some great lunch stops for sandwiches, burritos, plate lunch and even pizza by-the-slice, but the part of me that looks to Yelp! before every meal when traveling to a new city is digging deeper. LUNCH OPTION 1 Location: Terra Veg Drink: Infused Water of the Day Main course: Falafel Sandwich You’ve probably never heard of this place, but owner Liz Arraj was the chef behind A Leap of Taste for long enough that your mouth has probably watered at her food for years. Terra Veg is vegetarian, sure, but it is better described as a Mediterranean restaurant. See FOODIE, page 13

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FOODIE, from page 12

meat of your choice. Finish with Mango Sticky Rice, a common dish done uncommonly well here.

Everything on the simple menu is prepared fresh inhouse from scratch every morning and tastes great, but my favorite meal remains the Falafel Sandwich. Falafel is made from mashed garbanzo beans mixed with spices, rolled into balls, then typically fried to have a crunchy exterior. Terra Veg takes homemade pita bread spread with homemade hummus, pickled red onions, cilantro (which you can leave off if your taste buds are broken), cucumbers and the most crumbly, delicious, healthful falafel you’ll ever have.

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I’m not a vegetarian, but if there were more places like this, I’d consider it. LUNCH OPTION 2 Location: A Leap of Taste Drink: Cold Brew Main course: Reuben I love food, but I don’t eat a ton of red meat. I love steaks, burgers, chops and ribs, but I have other foods I prefer to a slab of red meat, so understand the gravity of my putting a corned beef sandwich on this shortlist. The meat is hand-carved, paired with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and 1000 island dressing before being grilled to perfection. This is a time-sensitive meal, so stop what you’re doing and eat it onsite for the best texture. DINNER Where in Klamath Falls can you get a unique dinner? We have plenty of solid restaurants, but the foodie prizes go to two restaurants you’ve probably been to plenty of times but failed to realize just

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Gooooooodness: The Hog’s Burger at Wubba’s isn’t terribly healthy, but it is delicious. It’s a burger topped with pulled pork, coleslaw, grilled onions and tons of veggies. Consider adding onion straws or extra pickles for added crunch, and don’t forget to order it with okra.

how good a full meal, complete with apps and dessert, was. DINNER OPTION 1 Location: Thai Orchid Drink: Iced Tea with Lemon Appetizer: City of Angels Main course: No. 66 Dessert: Mango Sticky Rice Thai Orchid is probably my favorite, all-around restaurant in town. There is incredible variety here, and that helps. But while there are Thai dishes that you could reproduce anywhere, Thai Orchid has a few that are incredibly unique and worth your attention.

There’s no shame in ordering Thai Iced Tea, but I prefer a less strong beverage to fully experience the flavors of my meal, like a regular iced tea or even water. Order the City of Angels as an appetizer. These are chicken wings like no other, stuffed with more chicken, mushrooms, and noodles and served with plum sauce. Everything on the menu is good, but foodies should look to No. 66, the Pad Snow Peas and/or Asparagus. In addition to snow peas, asparagus, or both, as the name suggests, this dish also comes with three types of mushrooms and the

Location: Wubba’s BBQ Shack Drink: Iced Tea or Sweet Tea Appetizer: Fried Okra Main course: Hog’s Burger Dessert: Pie of the Day Barbecue has a million and one variants, most of which I like. Wubba’s has great food, and no one thing sets them apart from other barbecue. Start with the fact that they carry Fried Okra, a dish surprisingly hard to come by in Oregon. Add to that their housebrewed Iced or Sweet Teas which are both strong and delicious. Then throw in the Hog’s Burger, a heart-stopping blend of pulled pork, onions and coleslaw atop a burger patty. If your cholesterol isn’t quite high enough, add crispy onion straws to it. Finish with whatever fruit pie is being served that day. JUST A THIN SLICE Klamath has so many excellent places I frequent that I didn’t list, but these were a few of the menu items that stand out as truly unique. Foodies like myself appreciate common food done uncommonly well, but we look hardest for uncommon food done uncommonly well. Hopefully now you can appreciate a few of the meals that make Klamath Life that much more livable, but don’t overindulge, or it will be too short. Read more at caughtovgard.com; Follow on Instagram and Fishbrain @lukeovgard; Contact luke.ovgard@gmail.com.

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Come together: Sugarman’s Corner at Main and Sixth streets will be a site for the community to gather and listen to music at Third Thursday celebrations.

Celebrating summer at Third Thursday By TESS NOVOTNY: H&N Staff Reporter

uzzing food carts, live music and giggling children will fill the streets of downtown Klamath Falls for Third Thursday celebrations this summer in June, July and August. Klamath Falls Downtown Association Executive Director Darin Rutledge said Third Thursdays, held June 20, July 18 and Aug. 15, are street fair celebrations of Klamath Falls’ art, food and culture. He said local outdoor recreation opportunities like hiking, kayaking and biking would be highlighted as this year’s theme. “We definitely want to capitalize on the theme and see if we can integrate those activities to

feel the theme as you’re walking around,” Rutledge said. Block party Main Street downtown will be blocked off between Third and 11th streets from 6 to 9 p.m. for each event, Rutledge said, with live music provided by Michael Quinn and Cherry Wine in Sugarman’s Corner at Main and North Sixth streets. Vendors, mostly from Klamath County, sell everything from local honey and produce to jew-

elry, clothing, soap and candles. “It’s a group snapshot of the Klamath Falls community at large,” Rutledge said. “Not just downtown, not just rich people or poor people or blue-collar people; it’s a great snapshot of our community in general.” Tractors & pianos Rutledge said there would be free activities for children, including a bouncy house and pony rides. KFDA is also hoping to display antique tractors from Branch 21 of the Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association featured each year in the Hildebrand Threshing Bee, and will set up artistically decorated pianos for patrons to play across downtown. Around 4,500 turned out for each Third Thursday last sum-

mer, Rutledge said, even when the sky filled with fire season smoke. KFDA is expecting a similar turnout this year. Rutledge said he appreciated how Third Thursdays encourage attendees to meet new people, connect with old friends and discover services and businesses in the community. He said it was a good way for nonprofits and stores to find new customers and clients as well. “I think there are a lot of people who will come downtown, enjoy Third Thursday with their significant other, then pop into a restaurant for a cocktail and meal,” Rutledge said. “It just makes people feel good about Klamath Falls.” tnovotny@heraldandnews.com

Addams Family

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Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re creepy & theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re kooky addams family featured in community theater production

By KURT LIEDTKE: For the Herald and News

mid the wealth of annual art and culture opportunities offered across the Klamath Basin, none consistently draw more interest, collaboration, and involvement than the summer community theater productions at the Ross Ragland Theater. See ADDAMS, page 16

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ADDAMS, from page 15 The shows draw huge casts and big audiences, from professional actors to first-timers on stage, all with a mutual passion for live performance. For this year’s planned production, the stage will bring to life one of the most oddball, macabre families celebrated in everything from comic books to movies and even video games — the Addams Family.

The Addams Family, a strange collective of spooky and kooky characters with a love of family and horror, had an odd, perhaps mythical or magical ability to cheat death at every turn.

Officially titled “The Addams Family – A New Musical,” auditions were held in mid-May for actors ages 16 and up with a talent for acting and singing. The total cast will be around 25 members. The show is being directed by Dan and Faye Crenshaw, with choreography by Sam Burris and assistant direction from Crystal Muno.

Cara Mia: Carolyn Jones and John Astin star in a scene from the 1964 television series “The Addams Family,” which developed the beloved New Yorker comic characters.

1938 comic The now iconic Addams Family characters made their first appearance as a comic in 1938 in New Yorker magazine, finding an audience through their strange collective of spooky and kooky characters with a love of family and horror and an odd, perhaps mythical or magical ability to cheat death at every turn. That grew into a 1964 television show, which while only lasting one season, would go on to influence a generation of off-kilter comedies and twisted takes on the traditional family sitcom structure. Two films released in the 1990s and a cartoon series further cemented the Addams Family as cultural icons. The community theater production includes all the familiar characters fans of the Addams Family have grown to love. There are the loving parents, Gomez and Morticia. Grandma and Uncle Fester bring a screwball sensibility to the family’s obsession with the dark arts. There are siblings Pugsley and Wednesday, who seem hell-

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bent on killing each other as a means of child’s-play entertainment. There are also the bizarre supporting characters that round out the family’s oddities. Cousin It, a head-to-toe furball of indescribable origins, will be included in the show. There will also be Thing, a living decapitated hand that joins in the family’s many misadventures, as well as the Frankenstein’s monster-like family butler “Lurch.” There will also be the Carnivorous Plant, and the Monster under the Bed – two characters made iconic in the beloved but short-lived television show. Bringing these characters to life on stage requires innovative stage tricks and extensive planning, providing unique challenges never previously experienced for community theater production staff at the Ross Ragland Theater. See ADDAMS, page 17

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ADDAMS, from page 16 For the musical, there are new characters to be introduced too that enter the Addams Family’s realm. The plot follows a now grown-up Wednesday Addams, who returns home with a surprise fiancé in tow — Lucas Beineke, as well as his parents Mal and Alice. The Beinekes are as un-Addams as it gets – a typical Ohio straight-laced respectable family who have no idea what they are in for in joining the Addams family. Now with the Addams hosting a dinner party to meet their new soonto-be in-laws, it is up to the family to not only keep from scaring the Beinekes half to death (or perhaps fully), but Wednesday asks her father to do something he has never done before — keep a secret, about the pending wedding nuptials from Morticia. Naturally, chaos ensues in hilarious and dramatic ways. The Addams Family musical will include six performances from Aug. 2-11, including two Sunday matinees.

GET A SEAT ON CEMETERY LANE Performances will take place across two weeks Fridays – Sundays, Aug. 2-11. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Tickets are $19, $23 and $29 before transaction fees, available at the Ross Ragland Theater box office or online at www. rrtheater.org, 

See ADDAMS, page 18

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ADDAMS, from page 17 Every year, the Ross Ragland’s venerable, historic stage is transformed into magical lands for the community productions, a process that takes months of dedicated work by cast and crew. While each year the plays may take on a familiar story or characters that often have personal or nostalgic cultural connections, the stories often delve into unique and original directions. Such was the case with last year’s steampunk-themed take on the “Wizard of Oz,” or 2017’s musical spin on “Mary Poppins” — that matched songs from the beloved Disney film with story fragments from the series of books upon which the characters are based. Theatre magic While some of the twists and turns to the Addams Family trope to be brought to the Ross Ragland stage this summer are yet to be revealed, those tirelessly working behind the scenes are no strangers to successful productions in the Klamath Basin. Whether at the Ross Ragland or the Linkville Playhouse, the core team behind the musical is a veritable who’s-who of stage veterans alltoo-familiar with what it takes to bring a successful show to life for audiences on Klamath stages. The Crenshaws are well known for work on stage and as musicians, with Dan most recently providing pianoaccompaniment for a fantastic production of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at the Linkville Playhouse, as well as a student production of “West Side Story.” They are also active with the Klamath Chorale. At the Ross Ragland they have been heavily involved in past community theater productions of “Mary Poppins” and “Cats” among others. “The Addams Family” finds the Crenshaws in a new role though, as first-time directors of the community theater productions

A tuppence: Faye Crenshaw, co-director for this year’s Ragland production of “The Addams Family,” performs a stunning rendition of the song “Feed the Birds” for the 2017 production of “Mary Poppins.” Jellicles can: Cast members of the Ross Ragland Theater’s 2016 production of “Cats the Musical” perform the song “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats.” H&N file photos

after years of serving in vital supporting roles. Assistant Director Crystal Muno has been involved previously with a production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” on the Ross Ragland Theater’s stage, but is well known locally as an actress and director at the Linkville Playhouse involved in numerous plays. She also serves as the creative director for the Little Linkville series – short plays designed specifically for children.

Katy Garvin is the musical director for “The Addams Family,” a familiar role after being heavily involved in the same capacity previously with recent past productions such as “Cats,” “Mary Poppins” and “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Rounding out the support staff for the show is Sam Burris, a well-known and respected choreographer who when not teaching dance steps on the Linkville or Ragland stage, stays busy working at Carla’s Dance Studio and as the Ross Ragland Theater’s box office coordinator

and education director. Though the Addams Family is known for their horror-filled antics, the show will be completely family friendly. “Whether you’re a 90-yearold fan of the original New Yorker comics, a 60-year-old fan of the television show, a 30-yearold who loved the movies when they came out in the ‘90s or a 6-year-old who just likes to be entertained — the stage play will have something for you,” said Muno.

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Trading in a gavel for a kayak paddle Sky Lakes Wilderness Rentals finds niche in Chiloquin By HOLLY DILLEMUTH: H&N Staff Reporter

Fluid perspective: Kayakers navigate a portion of Agency Lake in a guided tour of the Wood River with Sky Lakes Wilderness Rentals on Sunday, May 5. H&N photo by Holly Dillemuth

ushing off from the water’s edge on the Wood River from Petric County Park, kayakers paddle into the calm and quiet atmosphere of the Wood River, 30 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, on a sunny day in May. Mark Cobb, owner of Sky Lakes Wilderness Rentals, paddles with them. Navigating the clear waters of the river in a kayak with a small group is where Cobb prefers to be. After a decade as mayor of Chiloquin, he traded a municipal gavel for a kayaking paddle and is continuing to expand his business. “Over the years, being in Chiloquin as the mayor, people have asked me many times, ‘What is a good business to start up in Chiloquin?’ ” Cobb said. “For the last 10 years, I’ve been telling people … ‘You should start up a kayaking business.’ ” See PADDLE, page 20

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Ready to row: Mark Cobb, owner of Sky Lakes Wilderness Rentals, left, chats with Joaquin Aguilar, an H&N correspondent, on the banks of Petric Park off the Wood River on a Sunday in early May. River-wise: Kayakers navigate the waters of the Wood River Sunday, May 5. H&N photos by Holly Dillemuth

PADDLE, from page 19 One could say he took his own advice, starting his rental business in August 2018, offering individual and group kayak outings throughout the late spring and summer. Cobb operates out of a storefront in downtown Chiloquin, where he rents kayaks, paddle boards and bicycles, with a focus on small or large groups, as well as for individuals. He also rents winter outdoor gear, such as snowshoes and sleds. Crater Lake’s lure “We’re going to be bringing in a lot of tourists,” Cobb said, noting the hundreds of thousands of visitors who visit nearby Crater Lake National Park in the summer months alone. Cobb said he’s hopeful his outdoor business can attract more business overall to Chiloquin as well. “We have some empty build-

ings so we’ve got more room for businesses to come in,” Cobb said. “We’ve got more plans to expand what we’re doing.” His focus is to rent to large groups, including the Klamath Tribes and Klamath Basin schools and youth wilderness schools, as well as large groups for daily or weekend outings. Cobb will set you and your friends and family up with a kayak, life vest, paddle and

guidance as you navigate the river – for the first time, or for the 20th. The fee for kayaks is waived if you bring your own kayak with a fee for the guided tour. Cobb also has outdoor items for rent such as fishing poles, pop-up tents, ice chests and more. “Everybody’s loving it,” Cobb said. “It’s a real positive business to have in Chiloquin.

It goes along with the initiative that the state of Oregon has pushing for more tourism in our state. Discover Klamath is supporting us. Southern Oregon Tourism over the hill is supporting us. Crater Lake National Park is promoting us. Collier State Park has us on their website. All the lodges in the area, I’m working with them to promote us. I’m getting a lot of support.” Navigating careers Cobb, a self-described entrepreneur, has navigated various career paths over the years, including the construction industry as a general contractor, which he still pursues. He also owned an art gallery, distributed juniper products on the West Coast, and most recently, mayor of Chiloquin. A constant though, throughout the last 25 years, has been his fondness for kayaking and for the water. See PADDLE, page 21

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PADDLE, from page 20 “My first kayak I set up for doing sturgeon fishing,” Cobb said. “I’ve been an avid kayaker ever since.” Cobb moved to Chiloquin in 2001 from the San Francisco Bay Area, having first kayaked the rivers there. “I wanted to get back to my kind of roots, and the rural-ness of Chiloquin was attractive,” Cobb said. He’s enamored with the Williamson and Wood rivers and said he hasn’t seen more pristine waters outside the Klamath Basin. Cobb’s guide style is leisurely and relaxed, and he’s sure to wait for those towing the end of the line or to check in with those along the tour. He’s also quick to point out wildlife along the way, which for the morning tour in May, included various birds of prey. “Beautiful, pristine, secluded, clean – the Wood River’s pretty special,” Cobb said. “The Williamson River and the Wood River are world-renowned,” Cobb added. “At my Airbnb cabin, I have people from all over the world come to go fishing in these rivers.”

H&N photo by Holly Dillemuth

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For more information about Sky Lakes Wilderness Rentals, call Cobb at 541-5910949, or visit skylakeswild.com. 

River’s lure: A fisherman casts his line from a

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firecracker Regatta: By GERRY O’BRIEN: H&N Editor

here’s a new spark coming to the Firecracker Regatta; one that hasn’t been seen in several years. It’s the addition of Lightning class racing boats. The boats used to be a staple, but over the years have been missing from Upper Klamath Lake, especially over the July Fourth regatta, the biggest event for Klamath Yacht Club racing fans. This year, the annual regatta will be over a long — and extended — July Fourth holiday weekend. Normally known as the Firecracker Regatta, the event will be July 6 and 7, instead of July Fourth, since the fourth falls on a Thursday. “We felt that most people would take July 5, a Friday, off, as a day to travel, so we put the regatta forward to that week-

end,” said Vice Commodore Vince Wachter. The signature holiday event hosted by the Klamath Yacht Club draws sailors from Eugene, Redding, Calif., and other parts across the Northwest. With 25 to 40 sailboats on the water, it could get congested out there, but will be great viewing for the general public from Moore Park. What is the Lightning class? The Lightning class recently celebrated its 80th anniversary and with over 15,000 boats built is one of the largest multi-person one-design classes in the world. (One design means that all boats

are built to strict tolerances on the boat, rigging and sails.) Lightnings are 19-feet long, sloop-rigged with main, jib and spinnaker and raced with three people. There is much class information that can be found on the class website. www.lightningclass.org Lightnings are raced all up and down the West Coast, with active fleets in San Diego, the greater Portland area (Vancouver, Wash.), Vancouver, B.C., Canada, and a new fleet on Salt Spring Island, B.C. The Lightning class is made up of area districts. On the West Coast, there is the California district and the Pacific Northwest District. Each year, the club holds a Pacific Coast Championship (PCC’s). This championship has been running since 1956 with some illustrious past winners including Lowell North, Carl Eichenlaub and more recently, Darrel Peck.

Last year, the PCC’s were held in conjunction with North American Championships near San Diego. Pacific Coast boats numbered more than half of the 46-boat fleet and Bob Martin of Mission Bay Yacht club is the PCC champion. With the distances between the fleets up and down the coast, the Lightning fleet is expected to number about a dozen boats to the Firecracker Regatta. About the regatta The sailboats will race two to three routes on the lake, pretty much in a triangular format and can be viewed from various locales around the lake or on the water, if one has a boat, and stays out of the racing lanes. The idea is to get at least five races in for the weekend regatta. Skippers start arriving Friday night at the Yacht Club marina off Front Street.

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Lightning class to add spark to Upper Klamath Lake races This is the 43rd year for the club-sponsored Firecracker Regatta. There will be a wide variety of classes sailing in it. Those include multi-hulls such as Hobie catamarans; Performance Handicap Racing fleets; centerboard keels; and the 21-foot San Juan class. There are few classes of racers as not all the boats are the same length or sail capacity. Fans will see “working-sails class” using two sails and the “all-sails class” which uses an extra spinnaker sail to race downwind. It makes for dramatic sailing, strategy and great photo opportunities. Racing fans should see Santana 20s (20-foot boats) and San Juan 21s (at 21-feet). There will be larger, longer craft racing, too. Each race lasts about 1½ hours depending on the wind. Depending on the course — which is set just prior to the start

of the race — the boats may race up toward Buck Island, then deploy their billowing spinnaker sails and race south, east and west across the lake. The lowest point is just off Moore Park and Lakeshore Drive. Sounding off A large foghorn will blast just prior to the races starting, so skippers can mark their start times. You may hear several blasts from the horn coming up from the deck of the yacht club. Most sailing boats are small enough that there will be two- to three-person crews, including the captain. There may be a few 12-foot boats called Lasers that are manned by a single person. But the new addition will be the Lightning Class. “I quit racing in them as you tend to get banged around by them a lot. But they are fast and

fun to race,” Wachter said. “Every time I got on one of them, I was bleeding before I even got away from the dock; they have a lot of sharp edges.” Lightning boats have an open cockpit and usually carry a crew of three. They sport a low profile to the water, as sailors edge their way through choppy waves and constant sprays of water. The 19-foot-long boats are designed for racing with a set amount of weight and sail size. They have raced in the summer Olympics from time to time. The 100-member yacht club used to have a fleet of Lightning class that it raced yearly. In fact, one was “retired” and is now the front portion of the bar for the club, aptly named, “Bar Ley Afloat.” For more details, and to register, go to www.kycsail.us.

Wind power: Lightning class sailboats get into position for a race start off Mission Bay, near San Diego, California for the 2018 Pacific Coast Championship. Lightning class boats will compete in the 2019 Firecracker Regatta. Submitted photo

THE KLAMATH YACHT CLUB

The Klamath Yacht Club is on the east shore of Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon’s largest lake. Upper Klamath boasts a beautiful mountain setting, but the nearby low hillsides channel the winds for fairly steady sailing conditions. Average wind speeds of 8 to 15 knots make Upper Klamath Lake a great place to sail and race. The yacht club is home to keelboats, catamarans, trimarans, Walker Bay dinghies, centerboards, sailboards and powerboats. The 50-square miles of water offer more than enough sailing room. From anywhere on the lake, one can fish, watch eagles and pelicans, spend the entire day sailing and return to home port or anchor in a protected bay for overnight camping. The lack of city lights in the upper lake provide for excellent star gazing conditions.

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Speak M trout

y favorite commercial of all time starts out in a dark room full of computers.

Practice the six essentials of fishy linguistic success By LUKE OVGARD: For the Herald and News

Net gain: The author landed this brutish 31-inch spawned out buck redband trout in Upper Klamath Lake in May, and TJ Orton of Medford was there to capture it on film.

An older man in a uniform comes in, speaking German, and gives a younger man in uniform instructions. The younger German man sits at the desk, and the older man leaves. Almost immediately, a British voice comes over the intercom and says “Mayday, mayday can you hear us? Over.” After a brief pause, the British voice says “Mayday, we are sinking. We are sinking.” The younger German man replies in heavily accented English “Hello. This is the German Coast Guard …” and is interrupted by static. The British man repeats “We are sinking.” The German man gets back on the radio and asks “What are you sinking about?” See TROUT, page 25

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TROUT, from page 24

Lake treasure: The author’s father, Russ Ovgard, poses with one of eight large redband trout the pair landed on a nice Saturday morning on Upper Klamath Lake. Photo by Luke Ovgard

have found as much success and might have cried “Mayday” just as many of the other boats did, going home disappointed by everything but the weather. If you don’t yet speak the language of trout, read on. According to one linguist, there are six essential pieces to

learning a language: vocabulary, speaking, listening, grammar, reading and writing. VOCABULARY The first step in learning any language is to develop vocabulary. That is, you must know what the building blocks of

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It is a commercial for Berlitz, a company that aims to help you improve your English. I try to play it every year on May 1 in honor of May Day, but its relevance doesn’t end there. It’s also about speaking the right language. One Saturday this May, I counted 27 boats on Upper Klamath Lake. While you can target trophy redband trout in the Klamath Basin from April through October with moderate success, the highest volume of large trout can be caught on Upper Klamath Lake during the month of May. My friend and I landed seven fish in two hours before deciding to mess around and experiment with new fly fishing strategies. One of those fish was a 31-inch brute. If I didn’t speak the language of May redbands, I wouldn’t

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Upper Klamath duo:

The author (left) and TJ Orton of Medford, pose with a pair of trout they caught while fishing at Eagle Ridge County Park in May. Photo courtesy of Luke Ovgard

TROUT, from page 25 Your vocabulary as an angler consists of the gear you bring out. You may not know exactly what to use and when, but if you know what is most often used when trout fishing, you’re off to the right start. Your vocabulary should include these basic building blocks if you plan to get your point across to a hungry trout:  Spinning rod that is appropriately-sized. Leave the ultralights and the ocean rods at home. You want a medium- or medium-fast action rod between 6- and 10-feet in length. Err towards shorter from a boat and longer from shore. My go-to rod is a 7-foot St. Croix Triumph.  Spinning reel with the capacity to hold at least 150 feet of line. That tiny little reel is not going to cut it. I love the Shimano Stradic Ci4+ 4000 FA,

but you can get a much cheaper alternative that works well.  Line no lighter than 10-pound test is a must. I prefer 30-pound braid with a 20-pound fluorocarbon leader or 12-pound monofilament. Never tie anything less than 10-pound test on when fishing for Upper Klamath Lake trout. It’s not sporting. At best, you tire out a fish for a better fight. At worst, you break off a fish with a lure in its mouth or overtire and kill one.  Lures trump bait. Things that look like the blue chub and fathead minnow are ideal. To a lesser degree, those that emulate tui chub, lamprey and leeches that the fish will be gorging themselves on are ideal. Start with a 4-inch swimbait, a 3- or 4-inch Rapala, or a silver spoon with a single hook (treble spoons have insanely high mortality rates, as do all spinners, so avoid those).

 Nets must be larger than you think. A large net is a netcessity. I’ve never regretted having a net too large for a fish, but I’ve lost count of the times my net was too small.  Pliers will help unhook fish. I did without this past weekend, and I got to know the fish pretty well as their teeth and the hooks repeatedly maimed my fingers. These basic tools will allow you to communicate with hungry fish. Get them.

SPEAKING Speaking is what you do with that gear. Fish from the bank or the shore? Do you troll or cast? Assuming you’re on a boat, trolling or casting toward the bank are tried-and-true meth-

ods. Fish are highly mobile this time of year, so it’s all about covering water as you look for roving bands of hungry trout looking to regain weight they lost in the spawn. If you’re stuck on shore, cover as much water as you can by casting in an arc and changing locations periodically. LISTENING No matter what you try, see what the fish say in response. Listen to their reactions. No fish means try something else. Catching fish means fish like what you’re saying. Short strikes and bites without hookups means your accent is ruining the message. Clear it up. See TROUT, page 27

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TROUT, from page 26 GRAMMAR In the language of trout, grammar involves the little details. You might figure casting to shore is the most effective method after getting a few hits, but why aren’t you hooking up? Consider a different lure. Try a slower or faster retrieve. Try setting the hook — or not. Try twitching your lure. “Fish will bite eventually,” is a grammatically correct statement, but “Eventually, fish will bite” works better with the flow of this story. Just like I made a stylistic choice between two functionally correct statements, you must do the same as an angler. READING Conditions are everything on Upper Klamath Lake. You must read the conditions: air temperature, water temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, wind direction, water clarity, barometric pressure and precipitation all affect the bite. Generally, I look for some cloud cover, water temps between 60 and 70 degrees, and a slight wind blowing toward the shore to trap minnows there for trout to gorge upon. This fits my style of fishing, but it may not fit yours. Others like a wind to blow away from shore to allow trolling. It really depends on the dialect you adopt. The only way you can truly find your favorite style and mix of trout lingo is to write about it. WRITING Though I’m writing this story

about fishing, that’s not quite what I mean. Rather, consider taking notes. What were conditions like when you went out? How many hits did you get? How many of those hits hooked up? How many of those fish did you land? How big were the fish you landed? All of these data can influence your next trip out. I didn’t learn to master the language of trout by hoping for the best; I actively worked on my communication skills, and writing myself notes was a huge part of this.

Water’s edge:

The west side of Upper Klamath Lake is the most accessible. For this reason, the parking lot was loaded with trailers, as was the side of the highway and every turnoff within half of a mile of the ramp. Photo by Luke Ovgard

COMMUNICATE Putting everything together can be choppy at first. Look at a high school freshman’s essay as opposed to a college professor’s. There is glaring disparity. It’s a process. Practice all six elements of communication until you speak fluent trout. Otherwise, you might just find your spirits sinking this summer instead of sinking about your next fish. Read more at caughtovgard.com; Follow on Instagram and Fishbrain @ lukeovgard; Contact luke.ovgard@ gmail.com.

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June 2

Medford (2)

Harry & David Field

Noon

June 6

Medford

Kiger Stadium

6 p.m.

June 10

Lakeridge

Kiger Stadium

6 p.m.

June 17

Roseburg* (2)

Kiger Stadium

6 p.m.

June 19

Grants Pass * (2)

Kiger Stadium

6 p.m.

June 24

Eugene * (2)

Kiger Stadium

6 p.m.

June 25

Springfield * (2)

Kiger Stadium

6 p.m.

June 27

Tournament

Medford

TBA

June 28

Tournament

Medford

TBA

June 29

Tournament

Medford

TBA

June 30

Tournament

Medford

TBA

July 2

Medford * (2)

Kiger Stadium

6 p.m.

July 4

Tournament

Reno, Nev.

TBA

July 5

Tournament

Reno, Nev.

TBA

July 6

Tournament

Reno, Nev.

TBA

July 7

Tournament

Reno, Nev.

TBA

July 9

Medford * (2)

Harry & David Field

6 p.m.

July 12

Springfield * (2)

Hamlin Mid. School

6 p.m.

July 13

Eugene * (2)

Swede Jhnsn Stdm

6 p.m.

July 15

Beaverton

Kiger Stadium

TBA

July 16

Lewiston, ID

Kiger Stadium

TBA

July 17

Grants Pass * (2)

Grts. Pass Sports Park

6 p.m.

July 18

Roseburg * (2)

Legion Field

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here are lots of reasons to like the Modoc County Historical Museum in Alturas.

Modoc County museum collection offers something to tickle everyone’s curiosity By LEE JUILLERAT: For the Herald and News

Museum director Dixie Server says the main target for most visitors is the eye-popping gun collection, especially a back wall that’s loaded with 123 guns of all varieties and vintages. Seventy-four more are featured in display cases while another 60 or so are stored in locked back rooms. But there’s also something for everyone: Mannequins, some of men in military dress, others of women in slinky pink dresses. Displays of Native American artifacts, including baskets, projectile points and stones used to grind grain. The walls and ceiling feature soaring taxidermy hawk and eagles along with pronghorn antelope and massively horned deer. See MODOC, page 30

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MODOC, from page 29 One display remembers the infamous Lookout hangings. Others include an old-fashioned telephone switchboard, sparkling gemstones, items salvaged from Fort Bidwell’s Kober Store, a player piano, vintage movie theater posters, period clothes and collector dolls. Server says there’s been renewed interest in items from the 1872-73 Modoc War. There are homesteader farm tools. For the ranch minded are a corral’s worth of saddles, brands and weathered chaps, including some that belonged to Hippy Burmister, a locally revered cowboy who rode in rodeos, starred in silent-era films and served several years as manager of the Modoc District Fair. You know the chaps are Hippy’s because his name is sewn in. There’s something new. The Dollarhide Collection includes old photos, deeds, tools from a long-ago era and certificates like a 1920 sheep license that granted the family permission “to engage in the business of raising, grazing, herding or pasturing 1,200 sheep or lambs.” The Dollarhide family, which owned the Lazy SJ Ranch in the Surprise Valley community of Eagleville, later switched to cattle. “They needed a home for it,” says Server of the collection, noting the family matriarch, Lavelle Dollarhide, who died in 2009, was a past Modoc County Historical Society president. Outside is a newly donated 1945 McCormick Farmall tractor with a trailer from an old Chevy pickup truck. Server says the tractor-trailer will be fired up for special events like the Fourth of July weekend Fandango Days Parade. The tractor is overshadowed by a long-time museum piece, Southern Pacific 2718, a steam locomotive that was used in the Alturas area. See MODOC, page 31

Gun sights: The Modoc museum’s expansive gun collection draws the most comments from visitors. Community treasures: Dixie Server oversees the Modoc County Historical Museum in Alturas and says visitors are overwhelmed by the amount and variety in the museum’s collection. Photos by Lee Juillerat

License to herd: The Dollarhide Collection includes a 1920 sheep license. Hollywood Hippy: Chaps that belonged to Hippy Burmister, who was featured in silent movies, remembers the famous cowboy.

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MODOC, from page 30 There are googolplex reasons to gawk and wander, but the museum offers a truly unique attraction — its men’s and women’s bathrooms. Even if you don’t need to go, go anyway. Both bathrooms walls are enlivened with colorful ranching themed paintings done by former museum director Paula Murphy. Women on horseback, a trio of lady trick riders, a buckaroo gal, in-your-eye sharpshooter and let ‘er-rip bronc rider are among the treats in the ladies room. For the men, there’s a mustachioed guntoting cowboy, a trio of fast-galloping horseback riders who look like they’re trying to outrun a posse, a pistol-toting Modoc sheriff and lingerie clad longhaired lady. See MODOC, page 32

Works in the loo: Delights in the Modoc museum’s women’s and men’s bathrooms include wall and ceiling paintings of cowgirls and cowboys. Photos by Lee Juillerat

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MODOC, from page 31 The museum, at the south end of Highway 395 that slices through downtown Alturas, is owned by Modoc County and officially open from May 1 to Oct. 31, although Server is frequently there doing necessary chores. If closed, there’s a front door notice with instructions on ways to contact her, if she’s available, for unscheduled visits. Journaling Modoc history Whenever it’s open, the museum sells copies of the Modoc Historical Society’s annual journals. The 2018 issue celebrated the journal’s 40th anniversary. Server is excited about this year’s issue, expected to be available in September, about Modoc bars and saloons. “It will be absolutely hysterical,” she predicts, noting, “we used to have a bar on almost every corner ....” But the museum’s focus is its

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Photo by Lee Juillerat

Farm power: A newly donated Farmall tractor at the Modoc County Historical Museum is an outdoor attraction that will be used in parades. The tractor is overshadowed by a long-time museum piece, Southern Pacific 2718, a steam locomotive that was used in the Alturas area.

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she said of reactions from firsttime visitors. And the bathroom visitors? “Once they go in there,” tells Server, “they take everybody.”

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Go, do & explore Klamath County Museum The Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main St, is the main history museum for Klamath County and the surrounding area. Klamath County’s museums include the main museum, the Baldwin Hotel Museum and the Fort Klamath Museum. Housed in a former National Guard armory built in 1935, the main museum features exhibits on natural and human history. The museum also houses a large collection of historic photos and public records. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, and children age 12 and under are admitted free of charge. Annual passes to the museum are available. For more information, visit museum. klamathcounty.org or call 541-882-1000.

Baldwin Hotel Museum The Baldwin Hotel Museum, 31 Main St., features 40 rooms filled with antiques and artifacts. Constructed in 1905, the four-story building once dominated the business district of Klamath Falls. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend. Admission for a two-hour tour is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and students, and children age 12 and under are admitted free of charge. Admission for a one-hour tour is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students and children age 12 and under are admitted free of charge.

Fort Klamath Museum The Fort Klamath Museum is 35 miles north of Klamath Falls on Highway 62. The 8-acre museum and park includes the parade grounds from a 19th century frontier military post. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thurs-

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day through Monday, Memorial Day through September. Admission by donation.

Klamath & Western Railroad Free scale model train rides from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Food and refreshments available as well as a picnic area. Donations to ride the nonprofit’s train are welcomed. The railroad is at 36951 S. Chiloquin Road, Chiloquin. For more information, visit www.knwrr.org or call 541-7833177.

Children’s Museum of Klamath Falls The Children’s Museum of Klamath Falls’ mission is to provide a fun, interactive environment for children to explore the changing world around them. Through arts, sciences and humanities, the hands-on museum stimulates children’s creative potential. Wireless internet is available and parents are invited to bring laptops and have a cup of coffee too while their children enjoy the museum’s exhibits. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Admission is $5 per person. “Wacky Wednesdays” are $2 for one hour visit per person, 10 to 11 a.m. The Children’s Museum is at 711 E. Main St. For more information visit www.cmkf.org or call 541-885-2995.

Favell Museum of Western Art and Native American Artifacts Over 100,000 Indian artifacts, illustrating the lives of indigenous tribes from around the world, are on display at the Favell. The primary focus is on Native American tribes. Collections dating from 12,000 years ago include thousands of arrowheads, obsidian knives, spear points, primitive ancient stone tools, native clothing, beadwork,

basketry and pottery. The museum is also home to a fire opal arrowhead which was found in the Black Rock Desert in 1910. The opal arrowhead serves as the museum’s centerpiece. Featured at the Favell each month are works by renowned local and regional artists. The Favell Museum is at 125 W. Main St. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children age 6 to 16 and $25 for a family (two parents and two children). For more information, visit favellmuseum.org or call 541-8829996.

Klamath Art Association Gallery The Klamath Art Association Gallery is at 120 Riverside Drive. The Klamath Art Association Gallery showcases a different artist or photographer monthly in a cozy gallery space. A few months per year are dedicated to group shows. Admission to the gallery is free. The association also offers occasional instructional classes that are open to the public. The gallery is open noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays.

Modoc Gallery Modoc Gallery, inside the Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main St., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Free admission. A new exhibit is offered monthly featuring local artists and photographers.

Klamath Falls Farmers Market Klamath Falls Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays June 8 through Oct. 26 at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue. Open air market features local growers, producers and artisans.

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Fill your summer with fun times! June

Ranching: Cowboy Country, Yesterday and Today,” 2 p.m., downtown Klamath County Library.

Saturday, June 8 Klamath Falls Farmers Market opening day, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., downtown Klamath Falls at Ninth Street between Main Street and Klamath Avenue. Market features local growers, producers and artisans.

Thursday, June 20 Third Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m., Klamath Falls’ premier summer street fair. Enjoy live music, art, food and fun on Main Street.

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Sunday, June 16  Living History Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Collier Memorial State Park. Demonstrations and exhibits with operating vintage machinery. Belching stream, grinding gears, the roar of antique engines, and the chinking of horse’s harnesses will fill the air and delight children and adults alike. Wednesday, June 12  “Klamath Backyard Nature Walk,” 6 p.m., Klamath geology, Moore Park backcountry, meet at trailhead above Riverside School, moderate to difficult, with steep trail and uneven ground. Information, 218841-7101. Saturday, June 15 Gold Rush Days, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. downtown Yreka transforms historical downtown into a “step back in time” festival honoring its Gold Rush heritage. Included will be old-time reenactments, beer garden, gold panning, vendors, food, live music and more. 

Wednesday, June 19 Dive into the history of ranching country with author Lee Juillerat, who will share stories from his book, “Ranchers and 

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 Kruise of Klamath Kick-off Party, 4 to 7 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater.  Kruise of Klamath Movie Night with “American Graffiti, 7 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. Donations encouraged with snacks and drinks available for purchase.

Friday, June 28 Kruise of Klamath Mini Show No. 1, 8 to 10 a.m., Waffle Hut, 106 Main St. Open to all vehicles 1976 and older.  Kruise of Klamath Mini Show No. 2, 10 a.m. to noon, Winema Electric, 735 Commercial St.  Kruise of Klamath Mini Show No. 3, noon to 2 p.m., Aftershock Sportsbar, 3901 Brooke Drive.  Kruise of Klamath Mini Show No. 4, 2 to 4 p.m., Mia & Pia’s Pizzeria and the Klamath County Library, 3545 Summers Lane.  Kruise of Klamath Barbecue, 5 to 7 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. Provided by Yummy’s Catering. Tickets are $15 per person, purchased in advance.  Kruise of Klamath Sock Hop, 7 to 10 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. Music of the ‘60s and ‘70s by Nephilim. Admission is $10 at the door. 

Saturday, June 22 Fireman’s Muster & Parade, 10 a.m., Main Street, McCloud. Firemen races begin at 11 a.m. in Hoo Hoo Park, and go until 5 p.m. Includes competition between firefighters, raffles, vendor and food booths and a tri-tip dinner at 6 p.m., dancing and music, courtesy of Wild Woman Sounds.  Ross Ragland Theater Little Sprouts Day Camp performance of a “101 Dalmatians” story, 2, 3, 5 and 6 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. 

Wednesday, June 26 Kruise of Klamath Show ‘n’ Shine and Barbecue at Merrill Civic Center, 5 to 7 p.m. The fundraising barbecue is hosted by the Lost River Future Farmers of America youth group, with music by Michael Quinn & Cherry Wine and an informative (and in some cases tasty!) showcase of the Basin’s local agribusiness industry. Tickets are $15 each (tri tip or chicken, potatoes, salad and a roll) and must be purchased in advance at kruiseofklamath.org. 

Thursday, June 27 Kruise of Klamath charter bus Excursion to Train Mountain Museum and Crater Lake National Park, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tickets are $25 each, available at kruiseofklamath. org. 

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Saturday & Sunday, June 29 & 30 Chiloquilters 14th Annual Quilt Show, quilts, vendors and more, Chiloquin Community Center, 140 S. First St., Chiloquin. 

Saturday June 29 Kruise of Klamath Show ‘N’ Shine, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Moore Park. Vintage cars on display, with music, food and vendors. Free shuttle running from Oregon Institute of Technology. Free admission. 

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Kruise of Klamath Downtown Kruise, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Watch the Kruise cars as they ride downtown on Main Street and Klamath Avenue. 

July Sunday, June 30 Klamath Kinetic Challenge, 9:15 to 11:15 a.m., Klamath Falls KOA Journey to Moore Park Marina 2; 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., water crossing of Upper Klamath Lake from Marina 2 to Marina 1, followed by lunch; 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., Link River Trail to mud pit near Veterans Memorial Park; 1:15 to 2:45 p.m., mud pit next to Veterans Memorial Park; 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., water crossing of Lake Ewauna; 5:15 to 7:15 p.m., awards ceremony and dinner at Mia & Pia’s 

Friday through Sunday, July 5-7 Celebrating Malin’s 110th Anniversary, includes historical agriculture tours, Broadway Theater movie showings, downtown night cruise, concert and street dance, disk golf tournament, barbecue, talent show, Czech dancing and dinner, beer garden, games and contests, free swimming at Malin Pool and joint church service. 

FIRECRACKER REGATTA Pizzeria, 3545 Summers Lane. Thursday, July 4  Fourth of July parade, 10 a.m., down Main Street in Klamath Falls, followed by activities at the Klamath County Fairgrounds beginning at 1 p.m. and fireworks at 10 p.m.  City of Malin 110th Anniversary Celebration and July Fourth festivities in Malin, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Includes an 11 a.m. parade, car show from noon to 4 p.m., swap meet from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and yard sale. Night Fire Band will perform from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Fireworks at dusk in the Malin Park.  Chiloquin Fourth of July Parade and

Friday & Saturday, July 6 & 7  Firecracker Regatta & Lightning Championships, Upper Klamath Lake, hosted by the Klamath Yacht Club, 2700 Front St. First warning signal for races at 10 a.m. Friday & Saturday, July 12 & 13 Linkville Players present, “Cirque de Cision: A Tribute to Monty Python,” 7 p.m., Linkville Playhouse. Tickets $14.

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Saturday June 29, continued Klamath Kinetic Challenge, 10:15 a.m. LeMans start, parade dash through downtown Klamath Falls; 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., up KAGO Hill to Moore Park followed by lunch; 1:30 p.m., sand pit at Moore Park; 2:30 to 6:15 p.m., Moore Park to Klamath Falls KOA Journey, 3545 Shasta Way. 

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July, continued Friday through Sunday, July 12-14 Lost River Blue Grass Festival in Merrill. Musical lineup includes The Central Valley Boys, The Blue Js, The Hossettes, Keith Little and the Littleband, Rainy and the Rattlesnakes, Crying Uncle, Waking Hazel and the Stukel Mountain Stranglers. The Bluegrass Quilters Guild will host a quilters’ room with tables, planning walls and quilts. Bring your sewing machine and projects and join in the fun. A Saturday afternoon pie and ice cream social will benefit youth basketball. Lay hands on an assortment of musical instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo. The Merrill History and Modoc War Museum, in the Merrill City Hall, will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Festival tickets are $10 Friday, $15 Saturday and $10 Sunday. Three-day festival tickets are $25. 

Tickets available at lostriverfestival.com. Friday & Saturday, July 12 & 13  Basin Brew and Q, brew contest featuring 14 breweries, barbecue contest, vendors, kids activities and live music from Electric Mud, Black Cadillac Kings, Rachel and the Red Light District, The Threadz, The Lucky Ace’s, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Steen Sports Park, 4500 Foothills Blvd. Tickets, $10 general admission, available at basinbrewandq.org.

Saturday, July 13  “Madagascar Jr. — A Musical Adventure,” 2 and 5:30 p.m., Youth Summer Camp production at the Ross Ragland Theater.

LOST RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL

Thursday, July 18 Third Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m., Klamath Falls’ premier summer street fair. Enjoy live music, art, food and fun on Main Street. 

Friday & Saturday, July 19 & 20 Linkville Players present, “Cirque de Cision: A Tribute to Monty Python,” 7 p.m., Linkville Playhouse. Tickets $14. 

Saturday, July 20 Gilchrist Cruise and Summer Fun Day, starts at 8 a.m. and continues all day, at the Gilchrist Mall. Featuring classic cars, barbecue by “Hole In the Wall,” poker run, street dance, raffles and more.  38th Annual Rocky Point Summer Festival, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rocky Point Fire Hall, 25600 Rocky Point Road. Includes a barbecue, flea market, parade, Wing Wars competition, bake sale, music, auction, beer and wine booth, vendors and more.  Log Truck Show, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Collier Memorial State Park. More than 20 antique and modern log trucks on display. Free admission, food vendors and live music featuring Wampus Cat Band from Silver Lake.  Ross Ragland Theater Little Sprouts Day Camp performance of a “101 Dalmatians” story, 2, 3, 5 and 6 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. 

Sunday, July 21  Players present, “Cirque de Cision: A Tribute to Monty Python,” 1:30 p.m., Linkville Playhouse. Tickets $14.

Saturday & Sunday, July 27 & 28  Heart of the Basin Quilt Show, “Quilts from the Heart,” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church gym and parish hall, 815 High St. Traditional, modern and art quilts, vendors, raffles, Challenge quilt display, resist fabric painting demonstrations by Colleen Pelfry, bed turning by Nell Mathern, kids’ treasure hunt. Food vendor on site. Admission is $5 with children 12 and under admitted free of charge.

Saturday, July 27  Bonanza Extravaganza and Wing Wars cook-off competition, Big Springs Park. Donut breakfast at 8 a.m., community parade at 10 a.m., car show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., homemade hobby festival, judged quilt show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lions Club cooking up lunch and dinner, Cascade Civil War Society encampment, children’s art festival, vendors, town-wide garage sales, sack races, watermelon eating contests, bounce houses, live music by Michael Quinn and Cherry Wine, and Black Cadillac Kings, talent show at 6:15 p.m., and more.

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Friday & Saturday, July 26-27  Linkville Players present, “Cirque de Cision: A Tribute to Monty Python,” 7 p.m., Linkville Playhouse. Tickets $14.

Thursday, Aug. 1 Linkville Players present “The 16th Annual Klammie Awards,” 7 p.m., Linkville Playhouse. The Sixteenth Annual Klammie Awards celebrate the 2018/2019 theatrical season and provide an opportunity to dress up and dispel the doldrums of the summer with champagne, music, and glamour. Ticket price to be announced.

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Thursday through Sunday Aug. 1 through 4  Klamath County Fair, on the Klamath County Fairgrounds. Featuring a wide variety of entertainment each day and evening musical performances by Midland, Jon Wolfe, and Lonestar, an agriculture showcase and auction, 4-H, FFA and community projects, vendors, fair food, carnival competitions and rides and more.

Friday through Sunday Aug. 2-4 & 9-11  “The Addams Family — A New Musical Comedy,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday performances, Ross Ragland Theater. In this original story, the macabre Addams family is put to the test when outsiders come to dinner. Tickets are $19, $23 and $29 before transaction fees.

Saturday, Aug. 10  Art in the Park, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Collier Memorial State Park. Register to enter or attend to view, vote and create.  Brats, Brews & Blues Festival, 2 to 4 p.m., Klamath Yacht Club, 2700 Front St., a Klamath Sunrise Rotary fundraiser for Klamath Hospice’s Camp Evergreen, a bereavement camp for children. Event and ticket information available soon at klamathsunriserotary.org.

Thursday, Aug. 15  Third Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m., Klamath Falls’ premier summer street fair. Enjoy live music, art, food and fun on Main Street.

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Saturday, Aug. 17 Crater Lake Century Bike ride. Crater Lake National Park.

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Friday through Sunday Aug. 23 through 25  “American Ninja Warriors” traveling obstacle course with TV competitors Daniel Gil and Jonathan Horton, Klamath County Fairgrounds Event Center, $10 entrance fee, additional $10 to run the course. Competition session will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. For the competition, tickets will be $15 for entry and $25 to run the course, with $500 prizes to the top male and female times. For tickets and more information visit www.ninjawarriorklamath.com.  33rd Annual Klamath Tribes Restoration Celebration in Chiloquin, a celebration filled with activities, carrying on the Klamath Tribes’ culture and history with regalia worn by tribal members, dance competitions, a parade, Native American artwork, and artists from Two Rivers Art Gallery & Gift Shop.

Sunday, Aug. 25 National Park Service birthday, with free admission to Crater Lake National Park and Lava Beds National Monument.

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September Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 5-8 Tulelake-Butte Valley Fair, Tulelake. Annual celebration of community with 4-H, FFA and community projects, music, entertainment, fair food and carnival competi

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Saturday, Sept. 7  Loggers Breakfast, 9 to 11 a.m., Collier Memorial State Park. Join the Friends of Collier Park for their fundraiser Loggers Breakfast at the Logging Museum. A traditional pancake breakfast will be served including: pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, applesauce, juice, coffee. Adult breakfast costs $14 per person, kids 12 and under cost $7 per person.

Saturday Sept. 14 and 21  Ride the Rim, two vehicle-free days for bicyclists and pedestrians at Crater Lake National Park. During Ride the Rim, participants walk, run and ride along Crater Lake’s Rim Drive, with approximately 25 miles and 3,500 feet of climbing, without any vehicular traffic. East Rim Drive will be closed to vehicles from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be five rest stops on the route. The East Rim can take roughly four hours to complete, give or take an hour based on individual experience levels. Vehicle parking will be at the Steel Visitor Center, a larger parking lot, and North Junction. A free shuttle service with pick up at the Steel Visitor Center, Rim Village, and North Junction will be provided. Participants are asked to register to ensure there will be enough food, water and supplies on hand. For more information, visit ridetherimoregon.com. Saturday, Sept. 28  National Public Lands Day, free admission to Crater Lake National Park and Lava Beds National Monument.

RIDE THE RIM

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October Friday through Sunday Oct. 4 through 6  92 years — Celebrating Klamath Union High School. Weekend of celebrations for the completion of school renovations.

Oct. 4-Nov. 16  Favell Museum Art Show & Sale, featuring receptions and special events showcasing contemporary, representational, two-dimensional art and sculpture by 32 artists, 125 Main St.

Saturday, Oct. 5  The Russian Ballet Theatre presents: “Swan Lake,” 7:30 p.m., Ross Ragland Theater. This marks the first time the Russian Ballet Theatre has ever performed in Klamath Falls. Tickets are $26 to $70 before transaction fees.

Thursday through Saturday Oct. 17 through 19  82nd Annual Klamath Basin Potato Festival, “Spud-iversary, Let’s Celebrate,” Merrill. Includes a potato bake from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Merrill Umpqua Bank, exhibits and booths open Friday and Saturday, and the Spud Bowl with Lost River playing Corbet at 7 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, a Pop Warner Football game starts at 8 a.m., the Spud Run starts at 9 a.m., a parade at 9:30 a.m., health fair from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., free barbecue lunch at 12:30 p.m., music on the outdoor stage from 1 to 3 p.m., a beer garden opens at 12:30 p.m., and more.

POTATO FESTIVAL

Saturday, Oct. 19 Klamath & Western Railroad Pumpkin Express, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Includes free train rides, with donations accepted, on the scale-model route. Pumpkins available to purchase. North of Klamath Falls on Highway 97, turn left at South Chiloquin Road. The railroad is ½-mile up South Chiloquin Road on the left-hand side. 

Sunday, Oct. 20 18th Annual Rocky Point Fall Festival, Rocky Point Fire Hall. Includes chili meals, homemade pies, specialty baked goods, a bazaar and quilt raffle.

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Saturday, Oct. 26 Klamath & Western Railroad Pumpkin Express, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Includes free train rides, with donations accepted, on the scale-model route. Pumpkins available to purchase. North of Klamath Falls on Highway 97, turn left at South Chiloquin Road. The railroad is ½-mile up South Chiloquin Road on the left-hand side.  Scarecrow Row, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., downtown Klamath Falls. Visit downtown businesses for tricks and treats. This fun fall celebration includes a parade, face-painting, arts and crafts, games and more. 

National Parks Free admission to all National Park Service sites, including national parks and national monuments, will be offered on the following fee-free dates this year: Aug. 25: National Park Service birthday Sept. 28: National Public Lands Day Nov. 11: Veterans Day

KLAMATH & WESTERN RAILWAY

Guided hikes The Klamath Lake Land Trust is offering the following excursions. To register, and for more information, visit klamathlakelandtrust.org, call 541-884-1053 or email info@klamathlakelandtrust.org. Shoalwater Bay: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9. Hike one of the newest trails created by the Klamath Trail Alliance, along Shoalwater Bay, on Upper Klamath Lake. Williamson River Delta: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29. Join the Klamath Lake Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy on a kayak trip to the Williamson River Delta. See the results of restoration following levee removal 10 years ago. Sycan Homestead & Coyote Bucket: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13. Klamath Lake Land Trust’s newest property along the Sycan River includes 2 miles of riverfront, two historic homesteads, springs, and unusual rock canyons. Ranger Springs: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. See Ranger Springs gush from the ground, surrounded by wildflowers. Total distance is 6 miles with elevation gain and loss. Caledonia Woodlands: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. Take a gentle walk through a mature white oak woodland, with views of Upper Klamath Lake. Learn about local history of the site, hang up birdhouses and enjoy a picnic lunch. Buck Island: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. The trip to Buck Island is very popular, and entails a boat ride to the privately owned island, and a 2-mile hike about the island, with historic perspectives. Register for the 2019 wait list, and an opening may be available.

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