MYRTLE CREEK — The city of Myrtle Creek’s public works department has scheduled its 31st annual Spring Cleanup Week for May 4-8.
City crews will pick up one cubic yard of yard waste, one empty appliances (no refrigerators), 4 tires (off of rims), wood and lumber for free.
Citizens are asked to bag yard waste and place it, along with other items to be disposed of, next to the street in front of their homes the day before the scheduled day of pickup for their area.
A map of the cleanup schedule appears on this page.
There are a number of items that the city will not dispose of which includes: no tires on rims or hazardous waste, no garbage, no commercial waste or commercial tires (20” and above), no construction/remodeling debris, no rental property waste or debris and no mattress sets or refrigerators.
To schedule a pickup contact City Hall at 541-863-3171 prior to the day the cleanup is scheduled for your area.
If you don’t call and schedule a pickup crews will not know that you in need of disposing of items and will not be able to stop.

DAYS CREEK – The Days Creek School District Board of Directors recently chose Daye Stone to be the next superintendent of the district.
“As I step into this role as Superintendent of the Days Creek School District, I am deeply honored to rejoin a community that clearly cares so much about its students, staff, and future. I look forward to listening, learning, and working alongside all of you to build on the strong foundation that is already in place,” said Stone.

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Douglas County Mail Courtesy photos by Flo Raines and Annette Gaillard
Volunteers from the Fly-In Pig BBQ Competition central committee along with others spent the majority of Saturday putting up banners promoting the upcoming event. (ABOVE) the banner is raised by the Myrtle Creek Municipal Airport. The banner was placed over top of the Chamber of Commerce sign on the side of the D.R. Johnson building facing Interstate 5. (BELOW) Members of the mounting party drive in fence posts at the Boomer Hill sign location on the southbound side of I-5. Those helping out on Saturday were, Annette Gaillard, Flo Raines, Robin Foreman, Harry Harris, Scott Mead, Rory Chaney and Bob Chaney, Sr.. The event is set for Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, at the Myrtle Creek Municipal Airport. Check out the website flyinpig.org for more information.

Easter egg hunts were held throughout south Douglas County over last weekend as the annual holiday made an early appearance. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox which is fixed at March 21. Based on this, Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25. Hunts were held on Saturday at Myrtle Creek, Canyonville, Tri City, Glendale, Adam’s House in Myrtle Creek and at Richwine Vineyards. The hunt in Riddle was held on Easter Sunday as has been the tradition for a number of years. (ABOVE) This young lady here appears to be on a mission, sunglasses in place, as she raced through the infield of the walking track in Millsite Park during the Myrtle Creek hunt.

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MYRTLE CREEK – The 68th Annual Myrtle Creek~Tri City Area Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Awards Banquet was held Saturday evening, March 28, at the Myrtle Creek Grange.
There were over 150 people in attendance and many dressed to the theme of Diamonds and Denim.
Chamber President Angie Criss welcomed everyone and spoke a little bit about the chamber and its mission to benefit the community by promoting communication between business, government and individuals.
“As you know this is our time to celebrate local leaders and businesses within our community,” said Criss. “Everyone in this room is here to celebrate someone that we respect and look up to as a leader in their personal presence and commitment, or a business that we often times see go above and beyond.”

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TRI CITY – The South Umpqua baseball team took two out of three games from Siuslaw last week in the home-and-home league opening series for both teams.
The Lancers beat the Vikings on their home field 10-0 on Thursday, April 16. They followed that up with a 10-0 five inning Mercy Rule win in the opening game of a doubleheader at Tri City.
In the night cap Siuslaw bounced back and handed the Lancers a 6-3 loss.

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RIDDLE – Th Riddle Irish baseball team opened their league schedule Tuesday afternoon as they hosted the Bonanza Antler and came away with a convincing 20-5 victory.

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TRI CITY – The South Umpqua softball squad continues to impress as they won their sixth and seventh games in a row taking both games of a double header against North Valley March 31.
It was a pitcher’s duel for the most part as both teams remained scoreless until the home half of the fourth when the Lancers placed a three spot on the scoreboard.
The Knights were able to erase the shutout in the top of the seventh but only plated one run to bring the final tally to 3-1.

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TRI CITY – The South Umpqua softball squad opened their home season on Friday, March 20, against Brookings-Harbor and came away with a dominating 15-0 victory in five innings.
Roseburg transfer Jasmine Morales was on the hill and threw a perfect game striking out 14 of the 15 batters she faced which included the first 11 in a row.
The only ball that was put into play was a lazy pop up to shortstop that Regan Ireland made short work of.

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